Ghazal 230 (غزل ۲۳۰) · Divan of Hafez
اگر به بادهٔ مُشکین دلم کشد، شاید
agar be bāde-ye moshkīn delam kashad, shāyad
ke būy-e kheyr ze zohd-e rīā nemīāyad
jahānīān hame gar manʿ-e man konand az ʿeshq
man ān konam ke khodāvandgār farmāyad
ṭamaʿ ze feyż-e karāmat mabor ke kholq-e karīm
gonah bebakhshad o bar ʿāsheqān bebakhshāyad
moqīm-e ḥalqe-ye zekr ast del bedān ommīd
ke ḥalqe-ī ze sar-e zolf-e yār bogshāyad
to rā ke ḥosn-e khodādāde hast o ḥejle-ye bakht
che ḥājat ast ke mashshāṭe-at bīārāyad
chaman khosh ast o havā delkash ast o mey bī-ghash
konūn be joz del-e khosh hīch dar nemībāyad
jamīle-īst ʿarūs-e jahān, valī hosh dār
ke īn mokhaddare dar ʿaqd-e kas nemīāyad
be lābe goftameš ey māhrokh che bāshad agar
be yek shekar ze to delkhaste-ī bīāsāyad
be khande goft ke Ḥāfeẓ khodāy rā mapsand
ke būse-ye to rokh-e māh rā bīālāyad
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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