Ghazal 295 (غزل ۲۹۵) · Divan of Hafez
سَحَر به بویِ گلستان دَمی شدم در باغ
saḥar be būy-e golestān damī shodam dar bāgh
ke tā cho bolbol-e bī-del konam ʿelāj-e demāgh
be jelve-ye gol-e sūrī negāh mī-kardam
ke būd dar shab-e tīre be rowshanī cho cherāgh
chonān be ḥosn o javānī-ye khīshtan maghrūr
ke dāsht az del-e bolbol hezār gūne farāgh
goshāde narges-e raʿnā ze ḥasrat āb az chashm
nehāde lāle ze sowdā be jān o del ṣad dāgh
zabān keshīde cho tīghī be sarzanesh sūsan
dahān goshāde shaqāyeq cho mardom-e īghāgh
yekī cho bāde-parastān ṣorāḥī andar dast
yekī cho sāqī-ye mastān be kaf gerefte ayāgh
neshāṭ o ʿeysh o javānī cho gol ghanīmat dān
ke Ḥāfeẓā nabovad bar rasūl gheyr-e balāgh
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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