Ghazal 283 (غزل ۲۸۳) · Divan of Hafez
سحر ز هاتفِ غیبم رسید مژده به گوش
saḥar ze hātef-e gheybam resīd mozhde be gūsh
ke dowr-e Shāh-Shojāʿ ast, mey dalīr benūsh
shod ān ke ahl-e naẓar bar kanāre mī-raftand
hezār gūne sokhan dar dahān o lab khāmūsh
be ṣowt-e chang begūyīm ān ḥekāyat-hā
ke az nahoftan-e ān dīg-e sīne mī-zad jūsh
sharāb-e khānegī-ye tars-e moḥtaseb-khorde
be rūy-e yār benūshīm o bāng-e nūshānūsh
ze kūy-e meykade dūshash be dūsh mī-bordand
emām-e shahr ke sajjāde mī-keshīd be dūsh
delā! delālat-e kheyrat konam be rāh-e najāt
makon be fesq mobāhāt o zohd ham mafrūsh
maḥall-e nūr-e tajallī-st rāy-e anvar-e shāh
cho qorb-e ū ṭalabī dar ṣafā-ye nīyat kūsh
be joz sanā-ye jalālash masāz verd-e żamīr
ke hast gūsh-e delash maḥram-e payām-e Sorūsh
romūz-e maṣlaḥat-e molk-e khosravān dānand
gadā-ye gūshe-neshīnī to Ḥāfeẓā makhrūsh
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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