Ghazal 254 (غزل ۲۵۴) · Divan of Hafez
دیگر ز شاخِ سروِ سَهی بلبلِ صبور
dīgar ze shākh-e sarv-e sahī bolbol-e ṣabūr
gol-bāng zad ke chashm-e bad az rūy-e gol be dūr
ey gol be shokr-e ān ke to-yī pādshāh-e ḥosn
bā bolbolān-e bī-del-e sheydā makon ghorūr
az dast-e gheybat-e to shekāyat nemī-konam
tā nīst gheybatī nabovad lazzat-e ḥożūr
gar dīgarān be ʿeysh o ṭarab khorramand o shād
mā rā gham-e negār bovad māye-ye sorūr
zāhed agar be ḥūr o qoṣūr ast omīdvār
mā rā sharāb-khāne qoṣūr ast o yār ḥūr
mey khor be bāng-e chang o makhor ghoṣṣe var kasī
gūyad to rā ke bāde makhor gū huwa-l-ghafūr
Ḥāfeẓ shekāyat az gham-e hejrān che mī-konī?
dar hejr vaṣl bāshad o dar ẓolmat ast nūr
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.