Ghazal 240 (غزل ۲۴۰) · Divan of Hafez
ابرِ آذاری برآمد بادِ نوروزی وزید
abr-e āẕārī bar-āmad bād-e nowrūzī vazīd
vajh-e mey mī-khāham o moṭreb ke mī-gūyad rasīd
shāhedān dar jelve o man sharmsār-e kīse-am
bār-e ʿeshq o moflesī ṣaʿb ast mī-bāyad keshīd
qaḥṭ-e jūd ast ābrū-ye khod nemī-bāyad forūkht
bāde o gol az bahā-ye kherqe mī-bāyad kharīd
gūyiyā khāhad goshūd az dowlatam kārī ke dūsh
man hamī-kardam doʿā o ṣobḥ-e ṣādeq mī-damīd
bā labī o ṣad hezārān khande āmad gol be bāgh
az karīmī gūyiyā dar gūshe-ī būyī shanīd
dāmanī gar chāk shod dar ʿālam-e rendī che bāk
jāme-ī dar nīk-nāmī nīz mī-bāyad darīd
īn laṭāyef kaz lab-e laʿl-e to man goftam ke goft
vīn taṭāvol kaz sar-e zolf-e to man dīdam ke dīd
ʿadl-e solṭān gar naporsad ḥāl-e maẓlūmān-e ʿeshq
gūshe-gīrān rā ze āsāyesh ṭamaʿ bāyad borīd
tīr-e ʿāsheq-kosh nadānam bar del-e Ḥāfeẓ ke zad
īn qadar dānam ke az sheʿr-e tarash khūn mī-chekīd
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.