Ghazal 261 (غزل ۲۶۱) · Divan of Hafez
درآ که در دلِ خسته، توان درآید باز
darā ke dar del-e khaste, tavān darāyad bāz
biyā ke dar tan-e morde, ravān darāyad bāz
biyā ke forqat-e to, chashm-e man chonān dar bast
ke fatḥ-e bāb-e veṣālat magar goshāyad bāz
ghamī ke chon sepah-e zang, molk-e del begereft
ze kheyl-e shādī-ye Rūm-e rokhat zodāyad bāz
be pīsh-e āyene-ye del har ānche mī-dāram
be joz khīāl-e jamālat, nemī-namāyad bāz
bedān masal ke shab ābestan ast rūz az to
setāre mī-shomoram tā ke shab che zāyad bāz
biyā ke bolbol-e maṭbūʿ-e khāṭer-e Ḥāfeẓ
be būy-e golbon-e vaṣl-e to mī-sorāyad bāz
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.