Ghazal 262 (غزل ۲۶۲) · Divan of Hafez
حالِ خونین دلان که گوید باز؟
ḥāl-e khūnīn-delān ke gūyad bāz?
v-az falak khūn-e khom ke jūyad bāz?
sharmash az chashm-e mey-parastān bād
narges-e mast agar borūyad bāz
joz Falāṭūn-e khom-neshīn-e sharāb
serr-e ḥekmat be mā ke gūyad bāz?
har ke chon lāle kāse-gardān shod
z-īn jafā rokh be khūn beshūyad bāz
nagoshāyad delam cho ghonche agar
sāgharī az labash nabūyad bāz
bas ke dar parde chang goft sokhan
beborash mūy tā namūyad bāz
gerd-e beytu-l-ḥarām-e khom Ḥāfeẓ
gar namīrad be sar bepūyad 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.