Ghazal 284 (غزل ۲۸۴) · Divan of Hafez
هاتفی از گوشهٔ میخانه دوش
hātefī az gūshe-ye meykhāne dūsh
goft bebakhshand gonah, mey benūsh
loṭf-e elāhī bekonad kār-e khīsh
mozhde-ye raḥmat berasānad Sorūsh
īn kherad-e khām be meykhāne bar
tā mey-e laʿl āvaradash khūn be jūsh
garche veṣālash na be kūshesh dahand
har qadar ey del ke tavānī bekūsh
loṭf-e khodā bīshtar az jorm-e māst
nokte-ye sar-baste che dānī? khamūsh
gūsh-e man o ḥalqe-ye gīsū-ye yār
rūy-e man o khāk-e dar-e mey forūsh
rendī-ye Ḥāfeẓ na gonāhī-st ṣaʿb
bā karam-e pādeshah ʿeyb-pūsh
dāvar-e dīn, Shāh-Shojāʿ, ān ke kard
rūḥ-e qods ḥalqe-ye amrash be gūsh
ey Malekoʾl-ʿarsh morādash bedeh
v-az khaṭar-e chashm-e badash dār gūsh
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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