Ghazal 292 (غزل ۲۹۲) · Divan of Hafez
قسم به حشمت و جاه و جلالِ شاه شجاع
qasam be ḥeshmat o jāh o jalāl-e Shāh-Shojāʿ
ke nīst bā kasam az bahr-e māl o jāh nezāʿ
sharāb-e khānegīyam bas mey-e moghāne bīyār
ḥarīf-e bāde resīd ey rafīq-e towbe vedāʿ
khodāy rā be meyam shost o shūy-e kherqe konīd
ke man nemī-shenavam būy-e kheyr az īn owżāʿ
bebīn ke raqṣ-konān mī-ravad be nāle-ye chang
kasī ke rokhṣe nafarmūdī estemāʿ-e samāʿ
be ʿāsheqān naẓarī kon be shokr-e īn neʿmat
ke man gholām-e moṭīʿam, to pādeshāh-e moṭāʿ
be feyż-e jorʿe-ye jām-e to teshneīm, valī
nemī-konīm dalīrī nemī-dahīm ṣodāʿ
jabīn o chehre-ye Ḥāfeẓ khodā jodā makonād
ze khāk-e bārgah-e kebrīyā-ye Shāh-Shojāʿ
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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