Ghazal 285 (غزل ۲۸۵) · Divan of Hafez
در عهدِ پادشاهِ خطابخشِ جُرم پوش
dar ʿahd-e pādeshāh-e khaṭā-bakhsh-e jorm-pūsh
Ḥāfeẓ qarābe-kash shod o moftī piyāle-nūsh
ṣūfī ze konj-e ṣowmaʿe bā pā-ye khom neshast
tā dīd moḥtaseb ke sabū mī-keshad be dūsh
aḥvāl-e sheykh o qāżī o shorboʾl-yahūdeshān
kardam soʾāl ṣobḥdam az pīr-e mey forūsh
goftā na goftanī-st sokhan garche maḥramī
darkash zabān o parde negah dār o mey benūsh
sāqī bahār mī-resad o vajh-e mey namānd
fekrī bekon ke khūn-e del āmad ze gham be jūsh
ʿeshq ast o moflesī o javānī o now-bahār
ʿozram pazīr o jorm be zeyl-e karam bepūsh
tā chand hamcho shamʿ zabān-āvarī konī?
parvāne-ye morād resīd ey moḥeb khamūsh
ey pādeshāh-e ṣūrat o maʿnī ke mesl-e to
nādīde hīch dīde o nashnīde hīch gūsh
chandān bemān ke kherqe-ye azraq konad qabūl
bakht-e javānat az falak-e pīr-e zhende-pūsh
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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