Ghazal 286 (غزل ۲۸۶) · Divan of Hafez
دوش با من گفت پنهان کاردانی تیزهوش
dūsh bā man goft penhān kār-dānī tīz-hūsh
v-az shomā penhān nashāyad kard serr-e mey-forūsh
goft āsān gīr bar khod kār-hā k-az rūy-e ṭabʿ
sakht mī-gardad jahān bar mardomān-e sakht-kūsh
v-ān gaham dar dād jāmī k-az forūghash bar falak
Zohre dar raqṣ āmad o barbaṭ-zanān mī-goft nūsh
bā del-e khūnīn lab-e khandān bīyāvar hamcho jām
ney garat zakhmī resad, āyī cho chang andar khorūsh
tā nagardī āshnā z-īn parde ramzī nashnavī
gūsh-e nā-maḥram nabāshad jā-ye peyghām-e Sorūsh
gūsh kon pand ey pesar v-az bahr-e donyā gham makhor
goftamat chon dorr ḥadīsī, gar tavānī dāsht hūsh
dar ḥarīm-e ʿeshq natvān zad dam az goft o shanīd
z-ān ke ānjā jomle aʿżā chashm bāyad būd o gūsh
bar besāṭ-e nokte-dānān khod-forūshī sharṭ nīst
yā sokhan dānaste gū ey mard-e ʿāqel, yā khamūsh
sāqīyā mey deh ke rendī-hā-ye Ḥāfeẓ fahm kard
Āṣef-e ṣāḥeb-qarān-e jorm-bakhsh-e ʿeyb-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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.