Ghazal 294 (غزل ۲۹۴) · Divan of Hafez
در وفایِ عشقِ تو، مشهورِ خوبانم چو شمع
dar vafā-ye ʿeshq-e to, mashhūr-e khūbānam cho shamʿ
shab-neshīn-e kūy-e sarbāzān o rendānam cho shamʿ
rūz o shab khābam nemī-āyad be chashm-e gham-parast
bas ke dar bīmārī-ye hajr-e to gerīyānam cho shamʿ
reshte-ye ṣabram be meqrāż-e ghamat bobrīde shod
hamchonān dar ātash-e mehr-e to sūzānam cho shamʿ
gar komeyt-e ashk-e golgūnam nabūdī garm-row
key shodī rowshan be gītī rāz-e penhānam cho shamʿ?
dar mīyān-e āb o ātash hamchonān sargarm-e tost
īn del-e zār-e nazār-e ashk-bārānam cho shamʿ
dar shab-e hejrān, marā parvāne-ye vaṣlī ferest
v-ar na az dardat jahānī rā besūzānam cho shamʿ
bī jamāl-e ʿālam-ārā-ye to rūzam chon shab ast
bā kamāl-e ʿeshq-e to dar ʿeyn-e noqṣānam cho shamʿ
kūh-e ṣabram narm shod chon mūm dar dast-e ghamat
tā dar āb o ātash-e ʿeshqat godāzānam cho shamʿ
hamcho ṣobḥam yek nafas bāqī-st bā dīdār-e to
chehre benmā delbarā tā jān barafshānam cho shamʿ
sar-farāzam kon shabī az vaṣl-e khod ey nāzanīn
tā monavvar gardad az dīdārat eyvānam cho shamʿ
ātash-e mehr-e to rā Ḥāfeẓ ʿajab dar sar gereft
ātash-e del, key be āb-e dīde benshānam cho shamʿ?
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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