Ghazal 293 (غزل ۲۹۳) · Divan of Hafez
بامدادان که ز خلوتگَهِ کاخِ اِبداع
bāmdādān ke ze khalvatgah-e kākh-e ebdāʿ
shamʿ-e khāvar fekanad bar hame aṭrāf shoʿāʿ
barkeshad āyene az jeyb-e ofoq charkh o dar ān
benmāyad rokh-e gītī be hezārān anvāʿ
dar zavāyā-ye ṭarab-khāne-ye Jamshīd-e falak
arghanūn sāz konad Zohre be āhang-e samāʿ
chang dar gholghole āyad ke kojā shod monker?
jām dar qahqahe āyad ke kojā shod mannāʿ?
vażʿ-e dowrān bengar sāghar-e ʿeshrat bar gīr
ke be har ḥālatī īn ast behīn-e owżāʿ
ṭorre-ye shāhed-e donyī hame band ast o farīb
ʿārefān bar sar-e īn reshte najūyand nezāʿ
ʿomr-e khosrow ṭalab ar nafʿ-e jahān mī-khāhī
ke vojūdī-st ʿaṭā-bakhsh-e karīm-e naffāʿ
maẓhar-e loṭf-e azal, rowshanī-ye chashm-e amal
jāmeʿ-e ʿelm o ʿamal jān-e jahān, 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.