Ghazal 27 (غزل ۲۷) · Divan of Hafez
در دیرِ مغان آمد، یارم قدحی در دست
dar deyr-e moghān āmad, yār-am qadaḥī dar dast
mast az mey o meykhwārān az narges-e mast-ash mast
dar naʿl-e samand-e ū shakl-e mah-e now peydā
vaz qadd-e boland-e ū bālā-ye ṣanowbar, past
ākhar be che gūyam hast az khwod khabar-am, chon nīst
vaz bahr-e che gūyam nīst bā vey naẓar-am, chon hast
shamʿ-e del-e damsāz-am, benshast cho ū barkhāst
vafghān ze naẓarbāzān, barkhāst cho ū benshast
gar ghālie khwosh bū shod, dar gīsū-ye ū pīchīd
var vasme kamānkash gasht, dar abrū-ye ū peyvast
bāzāy ke bāzāyad ʿomr-e shode-ye Ḥāfeẓ
har chand ke nāyad bāz, tīrī ke beshod az shast
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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