Ghazal 265 (غزل ۲۶۵) · Divan of Hafez
برنیامد از تمنّایِ لَبَت کامم هنوز
barnīāmad az tamannā-ye labat kāmam hanūz
bar omīd-e jām-e laʿlat dordī-āshāmam hanūz
rūz-e avval raft dīnam dar sar-e zolfeyn-e to
tā che khāhad shod dar īn sowdā sar-anjāmam hanūz
sāqīā yek jorʿe-ī z-ān āb-e ātash-gūn ke man
dar mīān-e pokhtegān-e ʿeshq-e ū khāmam hanūz
az khaṭā goftam shabī zolf-e to rā moshk-e Khotan
mī-zanad har laḥẓe tīghī mū bar andāmam hanūz
partow-e rūy-e to tā dar khalvatam dīd āftāb
mī-ravad chon sāye har dam, bar dar o bāmam hanūz
nām-e man rafte-st rūzī bar lab-e jānān be sahv
ahl-e del rā būy-e jān mī-āyad az nāmam hanūz
dar azal dāde-st mā rā sāqī-ye laʿl-e labat
jorʿe-ye jāmī ke man mad-hūsh-e ān jāmam hanūz
ey ke goftī jān bedeh tā bāshadat ārām-e jān
jān be gham-hāyash sepordam, nīst ārāmam hanūz
dar qalam āvard Ḥāfeẓ qeṣṣe-ye laʿl-e labash
āb-e ḥeyvān mī-ravad har dam ze aqlāmam hanūz
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.