Ghazal 296 (غزل ۲۹۶) · Divan of Hafez
طالع اگر مدد دهد، دامنَش آوَرَم به کف
ṭāleʿ agar madad dehad, dāmanash āvaram be kaf
gar bekesham zehī ṭarab, var bekoshad zehī sharaf
ṭarf-e karam ze kas nabast, īn del-e por omīd-e man
gar che sokhan hamī barad, qesse-ye man be har ṭaraf
az kham-e abrū-ye toʾam, hīch goshāyeshī nashod
vah ke dar īn khiyāl-e kaj, ʿomr-e ʿazīz shod talaf
abrū-ye dūst key shavad, dastkash-e khiyāl-e man?
kas nazadast az īn kamān, tīr-e morād bar hadaf
chand be nāz parvaram, mehr-e botān-e sangdel
yād-e pedar nemīkonand, īn pesarān-e nākhalaf
man be khiyāl-e zāhedī, gūsheneshīn o ṭorfe ānak
moghbacheʾī ze har ṭaraf, mīzanadam be chang o daf
bīkhabarand zāhedān, naqsh bekhān o lā taqol
mast-e riyāst, moḥtaseb, bāde bedeh o lā takhaf
ṣūfī-ye shahr bīn ke chūn, loqme-ye shobhe mīkhorad
pārdomash derāz bād, ān ḥayavān-e khosh ʿalaf
Ḥāfeẓ agar qadam zanī, dar rah-e khāndān be ṣedq
badraqe-ye rahat shavad, hemmat-e shaḥne-ye Najaf
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.