Ghazal 268 (غزل ۲۶۸) · Divan of Hafez
گُلعِذاری ز گلستانِ جهان ما را بس
golʿezārī ze golestān-e jahān mā rā bas
zīn chaman sāye-ye ān sarv-e ravān mā rā bas
man o hamṣoḥbatī-ye ahl-e riyā dūram bād
az gerānān-e jahān, raṭl-e gerān mā rā bas
qaṣr-e ferdows be pādāš-e ʿamal mī-bakhšand
mā ke rendīm o gedā, deyr-e moghān mā rā bas
benšīn bar lab-e jūy o gozar-e ʿomr bebīn
kīn ešārat ze jahān-e gozarān, mā rā bas
naqd-e bāzār-e jahān bengar o āzār-e jahān
gar šomā rā na bas īn sūd o ziyān mā rā bas
yār bā māst, che ḥājat ke ziyādat ṭalabīm?
dowlat-e ṣoḥbat-e ān mūnes-e jān mā rā bas
az dar-e khīš khodā rā be beheštam mafrest
ke sar-e kūy-e to az kown o makān mā rā bas
Ḥāfeẓ az mašrab-e qesmat gele nā-enṣāfīst
ṭabʿ-e chon āb o ghazal-hā-ye ravān mā rā bas
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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