Ghazal 258 (غزل ۲۵۸) · Divan of Hafez
هزار شُکر که دیدم به کامِ خویشت باز
hazār shokr ke dīdam be kām-e khīshet bāz
ze rūy-e ṣedq o ṣafā gashte bā delam dam-sāz
ravandegān-e ṭarīqat rah-e balā separand
rafīq-e ʿeshq che gham dārad az nashīb o farāz
gham-e ḥabīb nahān beh ze goft o gūy-e raqīb
ke nīst sīne-ye arbāb-e kīne, maḥram-e rāz
agar che ḥosn-e to az ʿeshq-e gheyr mostaghnī-st
man ān nayam ke az īn ʿeshq-bāzī āyam bāz
che gūyamat ke ze sūz-e darūn che mī-bīnam
ze ashk pors ḥekāyat ke man nayam ghammāz
che fetne būd ke mashshāṭe-ye qażā angīkht
ke kard narges-e mastash sīyah be sorme-ye nāz
bedīn sepās ke majles monavvar ast be dūst
garat cho shamʿ jafāyī resad besūz o besāz
gharaż kereshme-ye ḥosn ast var na ḥājat nīst
jamāl-e dowlat-e Maḥmūd rā be zolf-e Ayāz
ghazal-sorāyī-ye Nāhīd ṣarfe-ī nabarad
dar ān maqām ke Ḥāfeẓ barāvarad āvāz
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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