Ghazal 257 (غزل ۲۵۷) · Divan of Hafez
روی بِنْما و مرا گو که ز جان دل برگیر
rūy benmā o marā gū ke ze jān del bargīr
pīsh-e shamʿ ātash-e parvāne be jān gū dargīr
dar lab-e teshne-ye mā bīn o madār āb darīgh
bar sar-e koshte-ye khīsh āy o ze khākash bargīr
tark-e darvīsh magīr ar nabovad sīm o zarash
dar ghamat sīm shomār ashk o rokhash rā zar gīr
chang benvāz o besāz ar nabovad ʿūd che bāk?
ātasham ʿeshq o delam ʿūd o tanam mejmar gīr
dar samāʿ āy o ze sar kherqe barandāz o beraqṣ
var na bā gūshe row o kherqe-ye mā dar sar gīr
ṣūf barkash ze sar o bāde-ye ṣāfī darkash
sīm dar bāz o be zar sīm-barī dar bar gīr
dūst gū yār show o har do jahān doshman bāsh
bakht gū posht makon, rūy-e zamīn lashkar gīr
meyl-e raftan makon ey dūst damī bā mā bāsh
bar lab-e jūy, ṭarab jūy o be kaf sāghar gīr
rafte gīr az baram o z-ātash o āb-e del o chashm
gūne-am zard o labam khoshk o kenāram tar gīr
Ḥāfeẓ ārāste kon bazm o begū vāʿeẓ rā
ke bebīn majlesam o tark-e sar-e menbar gīr
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.