Ghazal 226 (غزل ۲۲۶) · Divan of Hafez
ترسم که اشک در غمِ ما پردهدر شود
tarsam ke ashk dar gham-e mā parde dar shavad
vīn rāz-e sar be mohr be ʿālam samar shavad
gūyand sang laʿl shavad dar maqām-e ṣabr
ārī shavad, valīk be khūn-e jegar shavad
khāham shodan be meykade gerīān o dādkhāh
kaz dast-e gham khalāṣ-e man ānjā magar shavad
az har karāne tīr-e doʿā karde-am ravān
bāshad kaz ān mīāne yekī kārgar shavad
ey jān ḥadīs̄-e mā bar-e deldār bāzgū
līkan chenān magū ke ṣabā rā khabar shavad
az kīmīā-ye mehr-e to zar gasht rūy-e man
ārī be yomn-e loṭf-e shomā khāk zar shavad
dar tangnāy-e ḥeyratam az nakhvat-e raqīb
yā rab mabād ān ke gedā moʿtabar shavad
bas nokte gheyr-e ḥosn bebāyad ke tā kasī
maqbūl-e ṭabʿ-e mardom-e ṣāḥebnaẓar shavad
īn sarkashī ke kongore-ye kākh-e vaṣl rāst
sarhā bar āstāne-ye ū khāk-e dar shavad
Ḥāfeẓ cho nāfe-ye sar-e zolfash be dast-e tost
dam darkash ar na bād-e ṣabā rā khabar shavad
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.