Ghazal 227 (غزل ۲۲۷) · Divan of Hafez
گر چه بر واعظِ شهر این سخن آسان نشود
gar che bar vāʿeẓ-e shahr īn sokhan āsān nashavad
tā rīā varzad o sālūs mosalmān nashavad
rendī āmūz o karam kon ke na chandān honar ast
ḥeyavānī ke nanūshad mey o ensān nashavad
gowhar-e pāk bebāyad ke shavad qābel-e feyż
var na har sang o gelī, loʾloʾ o marjān nashavad
esm-e aʿẓam bekonad kār-e khod ey del! khosh bāsh
ke be talbīs o ḥeyal, dīv mosalmān nashavad
ʿeshq mīvarzam o ommīd ke īn fann-e sharīf
chon honarhā-ye degar, mūjeb-e ḥermān nashavad
dūsh mīgoft ke «fardā bedeham kām-e delat»
sababī sāz khodāyā ke pashīmān nashavad
ḥosn-e kholqī ze khodā mīṭalabam khūy-e to rā
tā degar khāṭer-e mā az to parīshān nashavad
zarre rā tā nabovad hemmat-e ʿālī Ḥāfeẓ
ṭāleb-e cheshme-ye khorshīd-e derakhshān nashavad
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.
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