Ghazal 22 (غزل ۲۲) · Divan of Hafez
چو بشنوی سخنِ اهلِ دل، مگو که خطاست
cho beshnavī sokhan-e ahl-e del magū ke khaṭāst
sokhan-shenās na-ī jān-e man khaṭā īn jāst
saram be-donyī o ʿoqbī forū namī-āyad
tabārak-allah az īn fetne-hā ke dar sar-e māst
dar andarūn-e man-e khaste-del nadānam kīst
ke man khamūsham o ū dar faghān o dar ghowghāst
delam ze-parde borūn shod kojāyī ey moṭreb
benāl hān ke az īn parde kār-e mā be-navāst
marā be-kār-e jahān hargez eltefāt nabūd
rokh-e to dar naẓar-e man chenīn khoshash ārāst
nakhofte-am ze-khiyālī ke mī-pazad del-e man
khomār-e ṣad shabe dāram sharāb-khāne kojāst
chenīn ke ṣowmeʿe ālūde shod ze-khūn-e delam
garam be-bāde beshūyīd ḥaq be-dast-e shomāst
az ān be-deyr-e moghānam ʿazīz mī-dārand
ke ātashī ke namīrad hamīshe dar del-e māst
che sāz būd ke dar parde mī-zad ān moṭreb
ke raft ʿomr o hanūzam damāgh por ze-havāst
nedā-ye ʿeshq-e to dīshab dar andarūn dādand
fażā-ye sīne-ye Ḥāfeẓ hanūz por ze-ṣedāst
The Persian verses are from the Divan of Hafez of Shiraz, drawn from the public-domain ganjoor archive, and presented unchanged. The transliteration is model-assisted and awaiting review by a Persian-literate reader — if you spot a slip, we’d love to hear.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.