Ghazal 25 (غزل ۲۵) · Divan of Hafez
شکفته شد گل حَمرا و گشت بلبل مست
shekofte shod gol-e ḥamrā o gasht bolbol mast
ṣalā-ye sar-khoshī ey ṣūfiyān-e bāde-parast
asās-e towbe ke dar moḥkamī cho sang nomūd
bebīn ke jām-e zojājī che ṭorfe-ash beshkast
biyār bāde ke dar bārgāh-e esteghnā
che pāsbān o che solṭān che hoshyār o che mast
az īn rebāṭ-e do dar chūn żarūrat ast raḥīl
revāq o ṭāq-e maʿīshat che sarboland o che past
maqām-e ʿeysh moyassar namī-shavad bī-ranj
balī be-ḥokm-e balā baste-and ʿahd-e alast
be-hast o nīst maranjān żamīr o khosh mī-bāsh
ke nīstī-st sar-anjām-e har kamāl ke hast
shokūh-e āṣefī o asb-e bād o manṭeq-e ṭeyr
be-bād raft o az ū khvāje hīch ṭarf nabast
be-bāl o par maro az rah ke tīr-e partābī
havā gereft zamānī valī be-khāk neshast
zabān-e kelk-e to Ḥāfeẓ che shokr-e ān gūyad
ke gofte-ye sokhanat mī-barand dast be-dast
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.