Ghazal 252 (غزل ۲۵۲) · Divan of Hafez
گر بُوَد عمر، به میخانه رَسَم بارِ دِگَر
gar bovad ʿomr, be mey-khāne rasam bār-e degar
bejoz az khedmat-e rendān nakonam kār-e degar
khorram ān rūz ke bā dīde-ye geryān beravam
tā zanam āb dar-e mey-kade yek bār-e degar
maʿrefat nīst dar īn qowm khodā rā sababī
tā baram gowhar-e khod rā be kharīdār-e degar
yār agar raft o ḥaqq-e ṣoḥbat-e dīrīn nashnākht
ḥāsha lellāh ke ravam man ze pey-e yār-e degar
gar mosāʿed shavadam dāyere-ye charkh-e kabūd
ham be dast āvaramash bāz be pargār-e degar
ʿāfīat mī-ṭalabad khāṭeram ar bogzārand
ghamze-ye shūkhash o ān ṭorre-ye ṭarrār-e degar
rāz-e sar-baste-ye mā bīn ke be dastān goftand
har zamān bā daf o ney bar sar-e bāzār-e degar
har dam az dard benālam ke falak har sāʿat
konadam qaṣd-e del-e rīsh be āzār-e degar
bāz gūyam na dar īn vāqeʿe Ḥāfeẓ tanhāst
gharqe gashtand dar īn bādīe besyār-e degar
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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