Ghazal 238 (غزل ۲۳۸) · Divan of Hafez
جهان بر ابرویِ عید از هِلال وَسمه کشید
jahān bar abrū-ye ʿīd az helāl vasme keshīd
helāl-e ʿīd dar abrū-ye yār bāyad dīd
shekaste gasht cho posht-e helāl qāmat-e man
kamān-e abrū-ye yāram cho vasme bāz-keshīd
magar nasīm-e khaṭat ṣobḥ dar chaman begzasht
ke gol be bū-ye to bar tan cho ṣobḥ jāme darīd
nabūd chang o rabāb o nabīd o ʿūd ke būd
gel-e vojūd-e man āghashte-ye golāb o nabīd
biyā ke bā to begūyam gham-e malālat-e del
cherā ke bī to nadāram majāl-e goft o shanīd
bahā-ye vaṣl-e to gar jān bovad kharīdāram
ke jens-e khūb mobaṣṣer be har che dīd kharīd
cho māh-e rūy-e to dar shām-e zolf mī-dīdam
shabam be rūy-e to rowshan cho rūz mī-gardīd
be lab rasīd marā jān o bar-nayāmad kām
be sar rasīd omīd o ṭalab be sar narasīd
ze showq-e rūy-e to Ḥāfeẓ nevesht ḥarfī chand
bekhān ze naẓmash o dar gūsh kon cho morvārīd
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.