Ghazal 249 (غزل ۲۴۹) · Divan of Hafez
ای صبا نَکهَتی از خاکِ رَهِ یار بیار
ey ṣabā nakhatī az khāk-e rah-e yār biyār
bebar andūh-e del o mozhde-ye del-dār biyār
nokte-ī rūḥ-fazā az dahan-e dūst begū
nāme-ī khosh khabar az ʿālam-e asrār biyār
tā moʿaṭṭar konam az loṭf-e nasīm-e to mashām
shamme-ī az nafaḥāt-e nafas-e yār biyār
be vafā-ye to ke khāk-e rah-e ān yār-e ʿazīz
bī-ghobārī ke padīd āyad az aghyār biyār
gardī az rah-gozar-e dūst be kūrī-ye raqīb
bahr-e āsāyesh-e īn dīde-ye khūn-bār biyār
khāmī o sāde-delī shīve-ye jān-bāzān nīst
khabarī az bar-e ān del-bar-e ʿayyār biyār
shokr ān rā ke to dar ʿeshratī ey morgh-e chaman
be asīrān-e qafas mozhde-ye golzār biyār
kām-e jān talkh shod az ṣabr ke kardam bī-dūst
ʿeshve-ī zān lab-e shīrīn-e shekarbār biyār
rūzgārī-st ke del chehre-ye maqṣūd nadīd
sāqiyā ān qadaḥ-e āyene-kerdār biyār
dalq-e Ḥāfeẓ be che arzad be meyash rangīn kon
vān gahash mast o kharāb az sar-e bāzār biyār
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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