Ghazal 251 (غزل ۲۵۱) · Divan of Hafez
شبِ وصل است و طی شد نامهٔ هَجر
shab-e vasl ast o tey shod nāme-ye hajr
salāmun fīhi ḥattā maṭlaʿi l-fajr
delā dar ʿāsheqī sābet-qadam bāsh
ke dar īn rah nabāshad kār bī-ajr
man az rendī nakhāham kard towbe
wa law āzaytanī bi-l-hajri wa-l-ḥajr
barāy ey ṣobḥ-e rowshan-del khodā rā
ke bas tārīk mī-bīnam shab-e hajr
delam raft o nadīdam rūy-e del-dār
faghān az īn taṭāvol, āh az īn zajr
vafā khāhī, jafā-kash bāsh Ḥāfeẓ
fa-inna r-ribḥa wa-l-khusrāna fī t-tajr
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.