Ghazal 253 (غزل ۲۵۳) · Divan of Hafez
ای خُرَّم از فروغِ رُخَت لاله زارِ عمر
ey khorram az forūgh-e rokhat lāle-zār-e ʿomr
bāzā ke rīkht bī gol-e rūyat bahār-e ʿomr
az dīde gar serashk cho bārān chekad ravāst
k-andar ghamat cho barq beshod rūzgār-e ʿomr
īn yek do dam ke mohlat-e dīdār momken ast
daryāb kār-e mā ke na peydāst kār-e ʿomr
tā key mey-e ṣabūḥ o shekar-khāb-e bāmdād
hoshyār gard, hān ke gozasht ekhtīār-e ʿomr
dey dar gozār būd o naẓar sūy-e mā nakard
bīchāre del ke hīch nadīd az gozār-e ʿomr
andīshe az moḥīṭ-e fanā nīst har ke rā
bar noqṭe-ye dahān-e to bāshad madār-e ʿomr
dar har ṭaraf ze kheyl-e ḥavādes kamīn-gahīst
z-ān rū ʿenān-gosaste davānad savār-e ʿomr
bī ʿomr zende-am man o īn bas ʿajab madār
rūz-e ferāq rā ke nahad dar shomār-e ʿomr
Ḥāfeẓ sokhan begūy ke bar ṣafḥe-ye jahān
īn naqsh mānad az qalamat yādgār-e ʿomr
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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