Ghazal 273 (غزل ۲۷۳) · Divan of Hafez
اگر رفیقِ شفیقی، درست پیمان باش
agar rafīq-e šafīqī, dorost peymān bāš
ḥarīf-e khāne o garmābe o golestān bāš
šekanj-e zolf-e parīšān be dast-e bād madeh
magū ke khāter-e ʿoššāq, gū parīšān bāš
garat havāst ke bā Kheżr ham-nešīn bāšī
nehān ze chašm-e Sekandar cho āb-e ḥeyvān bāš
zabūr-e ʿešq navāzī na kār-e har morghī st
biyā o now-gol-e īn bolbol-e ghazal-khān bāš
ṭarīq-e khedmat o āyīn-e bandegī kardan
khodāy rā ke rahā kon be mā o solṭān bāš
degar be ṣeyd-e ḥaram tīgh barmakeš, zenhār
v-az ān ke bā del-e mā karde-ī pašīmān bāš
to šamʿ-e anjomanī, yek-zabān o yek-del šow
khayāl o kūšeš-e parvāne bīn o khandān bāš
kamāl-e delbarī o ḥosn dar naẓar-bāzī st
be šīve-ye naẓar, az nāderān-e dowrān bāš
khamūš Ḥāfeẓ o az jowr-e yār nāle makon
to rā ke goft ke dar rūy-e khūb, ḥeyrān 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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