Ghazal 236 (غزل ۲۳۶) · Divan of Hafez
اگر آن طایرِ قدسی ز دَرَم بازآید
agar ān ṭāyer-e qodsī ze daram bāz-āyad
ʿomr-e begzashte be pīrāne saram bāz-āyad
dāram omīd bar īn ashk-e cho bārān ke degar
barq-e dowlat ke beraft az naẓaram bāz-āyad
ān ke tāj-e sar-e man khāk-e kaf-e pāyash būd
az khodā mī-ṭalabam tā be saram bāz-āyad
khāham andar ʿaqabash raft be yārān-e ʿazīz
shakhṣam ar bāz-nayāyad khabaram bāz-āyad
gar nesār-e qadam-e yār-e gerāmī nakonam
gowhar-e jān be che kār-e degaram bāz-āyad
kūs-e now dowlatī az bām-e saʿādat bezanam
gar bebīnam ke mah-e now safaram bāz-āyad
māneʿash gholghol-e chang ast o shekar-khāb-e ṣabūḥ
var na gar beshnavad āh-e saḥaram bāz-āyad
ārezūmand-e rokh-e shāh-e cho māham Ḥāfeẓ
hemmatī tā be salāmat ze daram bāz-āyad
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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