Ghazal 246 (غزل ۲۴۶) · Divan of Hafez
عید است و آخِرِ گُل و یاران در انتظار
ʿīd ast o ākher-e gol o yārān dar enteẓār
sāqī be rūy-e shāh bebīn māh o mey biyār
del bar-gerefte būdam az ayyām-e gol valī
kārī bekard hemmat-e pākān-e rūze-dār
del dar jahān maband o be mastī soʾāl kon
az feyż-e jām o qeṣṣe-ye Jamshīd-e kāmgār
joz naqd-e jān be dast nadāram sharāb kū
kān nīz bar kereshme-ye sāqī konam nesār
khosh dowlatī-st khorram o khosh khosrovī karīm
yā rab ze chashm-zakhm-e zamānash negāh dār
mey khor be sheʿr-e bande ke zībī degar dahad
jām-e moraṣṣaʿ-e to bedīn dorr-e shāhvār
gar fowt shod saḥūr che noqṣān ṣabūḥ hast
az mey konand rūze-goshā ṭālebān-e yār
zānjā ke parde-pūshī-ye ʿafv-e karīm-e tost
bar qalb-e mā bebakhsh ke naqdī-st kam ʿayār
tarsam ke rūz-e ḥashr ʿenān bar ʿenān ravad
tasbīḥ-e sheykh o kherqe-ye rend-e sharāb-khār
Ḥāfeẓ cho raft rūze o gol nīz mī-ravad
nāchār bāde nūsh ke az dast raft kār
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.