Ghazal 275 (غزل ۲۷۵) · Divan of Hafez
صوفی گُلی بچین و مُرَقَّع به خار بخش
ṣūfī golī bechīn o moraqqaʿ be khār bakhš
v-īn zohd-e khošk rā be mey khoš-govār bakhš
ṭāmāt o šaṭḥ dar rah-e āhang-e chang neh
tasbīḥ o ṭeylasān be mey o meygosār bakhš
zohd-e gerān ke šāhed o sāqī nemī-kharand
dar ḥalqe-ye chaman be nasīm-e bahār bakhš
rāham šarāb-e laʿl zad ey mīr-e ʿāšeqān
khūn-e marā be chāh-e zanakhdān-e yār bakhš
yā rab be vaqt-e gol, gonah-e bande ʿafv kon
v-īn mājarā be sarv-e lab-e jūybār bakhš
ey ān ke rah be mašrab-e maqṣūd borde-ī
zīn baḥr, qaṭre-ī be man-e khāksār bakhš
šokrāne rā ke chašm-e to rūy-e botān nadīd
mā rā be ʿafv o loṭf-e khodāvandgār bakhš
sāqī cho šāh nūš konad bāde-ye ṣabūḥ
gū jām-e zar be Ḥāfeẓ-e šab zende dār bakhš
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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.