Ghazal 269 (غزل ۲۶۹) · Divan of Hafez
دلا، رَفیقِ سفر بختِ نیکخواهت بس
delā, rafīq-e safar bakht-e nīk-khāhat bas
nasīm-e rowże-ye Šīrāz, peyk-e rāhat bas
degar ze manzel-e jānān safar makon darvīš
ke seyr-e maʿnavī o konj-e khānqāhat bas
vagar kamīn begošāyad ghamī ze gūše-ye del
ḥarīm-e dargah-e pīr-e moghān, panāhat bas
be ṣadr-e maṣṭabe benšīn o sāghar-e mey nūš
ke īn qadar ze jahān, kasb-e māl o jāhat bas
ziyādatī maṭalab, kār bar khod āsān kon
ṣorāḥī-ye mey-e laʿl o botī cho māhat bas
falak be mardom-e nādān dehad zemām-e morād
to ahl-e fażlī o dāneš, hamīn gonāhat bas
havā-ye maskan-e maʾlūf o ʿahd-e yār-e qadīm
ze rahravān-e safar-karde, ʿozr-khāhat bas
be mennat-e degarān kho makon ke dar do jahān
rezā-ye Īzad o enʿām-e pādšāhat bas
be hīch verd-e degar nīst ḥājat ey Ḥāfeẓ
doʿā-ye nīm-šab o dars-e ṣobḥgāhat 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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