Ghazal 242 (غزل ۲۴۲) · Divan of Hafez
بیا که رایتِ منصورِ پادشاه رسید
biyā ke rāyat-e Manṣūr-e pādshāh rasīd
navīd-e fatḥ o beshārat be mehr o māh rasīd
jamāl-e bakht ze rūy-e ẓafar neqāb andākht
kamāl-e ʿadl be faryād-e dād-khāh rasīd
sepehr dowr-e khosh aknūn konad ke māh āmad
jahān be kām-e del aknūn rasad ke shāh rasīd
ze qāṭeʿān-e ṭarīq īn zamān shavand īman
qavāfel-e del o dānesh ke mard-e rāh rasīd
ʿazīz-e Meṣr be raghm-e barādarān-e ghayūr
ze qaʿr-e chāh bar-āmad be owj-e māh rasīd
kojāst ṣūfī-ye dajjāl feʿl-e molḥed-shekl
begū besūz ke mahdī-ye dīn panāh rasīd
ṣabā begū ke che-hā bar saram dar īn gham-e ʿeshq
ze ātash-e del-e sūzān o dūd-e āh rasīd
ze showq-e rūy-e to shāhā bedīn asīr-e farāq
hamān rasīd kaz ātash be barg-e kāh rasīd
marow be khāb ke Ḥāfeẓ be bārgāh-e qabūl
ze verd-e nīm-shab o dars-e ṣobḥgāh rasīd
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.