Ghazal 276 (غزل ۲۷۶) · Divan of Hafez
باغبان گر پنجروزی صحبتِ گل بایدش
bāghbān gar panj-rūzī ṣoḥbat-e gol bāyadaš
bar jafā-ye khār-e hejrān ṣabr-e bolbol bāyadaš
ey del andar band-e zolfaš az parīšānī manāl
morgh-e zīrak chon be dām oftad taḥammol bāyadaš
rend-e ʿālam-sūz rā bā maṣleḥat-bīnī che-kār
kār-e molk ast ān ke tadbīr o taʾammol bāyadaš
tekye bar taqvī o dāneš dar ṭarīqat kāfarī-st
rāhrow gar ṣad honar dārad tavakkol bāyadaš
bā chonīn zolf o rokhaš bādā naẓar-bāzī ḥarām
har ke rūy-e yāsamīn o jaʿd-e sonbol bāyadaš
nāzhā zān narges-e mastāne-aš bāyad kešīd
īn del-e šūrīde tā ān jaʿd o kākol bāyadaš
sāqiyā dar gardeš-e sāghar taʿallol tā be chand
dowr chon bā ʿāšeqān oftad tasalsol bāyadaš
kīst Ḥāfeẓ tā nanūšad bāde bī-āvāz-e rūd
ʿāšeq-e meskīn cherā chandīn tajammol bāyadaš
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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