Ghazal 250 (غزل ۲۵۰) · Divan of Hafez
روی بِنْمای و وجودِ خودم از یاد بِبَر
rūy benmāy o vojūd-e khodam az yād bebar
kharman-e sūkhtegān rā hame gū bād bebar
mā cho dādīm del o dīde be ṭūfān-e balā
gū biyā seyl-e gham o khāne ze bonyād bebar
zolf-e chon ʿanbar-e khāmash ke bebūyad heyhāt
ey del-e khām-ṭamaʿ īn sokhan az yād bebar
sīne gū shoʿle-ye ātashkade-ye Fārs bekosh
dīde gū āb-e rokh-e Dejle-ye Baghdād bebar
dowlat-e pīr-e moghān bād ke bāqī sahl ast
dīgarī gū borow o nām-e man az yād bebar
saʿy-nābordeh dar īn rāh be jāyī narasī
mozd agar mī-ṭalabī ṭāʿat-e ostād bebar
rūz-e margam nafasī vaʿde-ye dīdār bedeh
vān gaham tā be laḥad fāregh o āzād bebar
dūsh mī-goft be mozhgān-e derāzat bekosham
yā rab az khāṭerash andīshe-ye bīdād bebar
Ḥāfeẓ andīshe kon az nāzokī-ye khāṭer-e yār
borow az dargahash īn nāle o faryād bebar
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.