Ghazal 289 (غزل ۲۸۹) · Divan of Hafez
مَجمَعِ خوبی و لطف است عِذار چو مَهَش
majmaʿ-e khūbī o loṭf ast ʿezār cho mahash
līkanash mehr o vafā nīst khodāyā bedahash
delbaram shāhed o ṭefl ast o be bāzī rūzī
bekoshad zāram o dar sharʿ nabāshad gonahash
man hamān beh ke az ū nīk negah dāram del
ke bad o nīk nadīdast o nadārad negahash
būy-e shīr az lab-e hamchon shekarash mī-āyad
garche khūn mī-chekad az shīve-ye chashm-e sīyahash
chārdah-sāle botī chābok-e shīrīn dāram
ke be jān ḥalqe be gūsh ast mah-e chārdahash
az pey-e ān gol-e now-roste del-e mā yā rab
khod kojā shod ke nadīdīm dar īn chand gahash?
yār-e deldār-e man ar qalb bedīn sān shekanad
bebarad zūd be jāndārī-ye khod pādeshahash
jān be shokrāne konam ṣarf gar ān dāne-ye dorr
ṣadaf-e sīne-ye Ḥāfeẓ bovad ārāmgahash
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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