Ghazal 24 (غزل ۲۴) · Divan of Hafez
مطلب طاعت و پیمان و صلاح از من مست
maṭlab ṭāʿat o peymān o ṣalāḥ az man-e mast
ke be-peymāne-kashī shohre shodam rūz-e alast
man hamān dam ke vożū sākhtam az chashme-ye ʿeshq
chār takbīr zadam yeksare bar har-che ke hast
mey bedeh tā dehamat āgahī az serr-e qażā
ke be-rūy-e ke shodam ʿāsheq o az būy-e ke mast
kamar-e kūh kam ast az kamar-e mūr īnjā
nā-omīd az dar-e raḥmat mashow ey bāde-parast
be-joz ān narges-e mastāne ke chashmash marasād
zīr-e īn ṭārom-e fīrūze kasī khosh nanshast
jān fadā-ye dahanash bād ke dar bāgh-e naẓar
chaman-ārā-ye jahān khoshtar az īn ghonche nabast
Ḥāfeẓ az dowlat-e ʿeshq-e to soleymānī shod
yaʿnī az vaṣl-e tovash nīst be-joz bād be-dast
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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