Ghazal 272 (غزل ۲۷۲) · Divan of Hafez
باز آی و دلِ تنگِ مرا مونس جان باش
bāz āy o del-e tang-e marā mūnes-e jān bāš
v-īn sūkhte rā maḥram-e asrār-e nehān bāš
zān bāde ke dar meykade-ye ʿešq forūšand
mā rā do se sāghar bedeh o gū ramażān bāš
dar kherqe cho āteš zadī ey ʿāref-e sālek
jahdī kon o sar-ḥalqe-ye rendān-e jahān bāš
deldār ke goftā be tovam del negarān ast
gū mī-rasam īnak be salāmat, negarān bāš
khūn šod delam az ḥasrat-e ān laʿl-e ravān bakhš
ey dorj-e maḥabbat be hamān mohr o nešān bāš
tā bar delaš az ghoṣṣe ghobārī nanešīnad
ey seyl-e serešk az ʿaqab-e nāme ravān bāš
Ḥāfeẓ ke havas mī-konadaš jām-e jahān bīn
gū dar naẓar-e Āṣaf-e Jamšīd makān bāš
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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