Ghazal 245 (غزل ۲۴۵) · Divan of Hafez
الا ای طوطیِ گویایِ اسرار!
alā ey ṭūṭī-ye gūyā-ye asrār
mabādā khāliyat shakkar ze menqār
sarat sabz o delat khosh bād jāvīd
ke khosh naqshī nemūdī az khaṭ-e yār
sokhan sar-baste goftī bā ḥarīfān
khodā rā zīn moʿammā parde bardār
be rūy-e mā zan az sāghar golābī
ke khāb-ālūde-īm ey bakht-e bīdār
che rah būd īn ke zad dar parde moṭreb
ke mī-raqṣand bā ham mast o hoshyār
az ān afyūn ke sāqī dar mey afkand
ḥarīfān rā na sar mānad na dastār
Sekandar rā nemī-bakhshand ābī
be zūr o zar moyassar nīst īn kār
biyā o ḥāl-e ahl-e dard beshnow
be lafẓ-e andak o maʿnī-ye besyār
bot-e chīnī ʿadū-ye dīn o del-hāst
khodāvandā del o dīnam negah dār
be mastūrān magū asrār-e mastī
ḥadīs-e jān magū bā naqsh-e dīvār
be yomn-e dowlat-e Manṣūr shāhī
ʿalam shod Ḥāfeẓ andar naẓm-e ashʿār
khodāvandī be jāy-e bandegān kard
khodāvandā ze āfātash negah dār
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.