Ghazal 297 (غزل ۲۹۷) · Divan of Hafez
زبانِ خامه ندارد سرِ بیان فِراق
zabān-e khāme nadārad sar-e bayān-e ferāq
vagarna sharḥ deham bā to dāstān-e ferāq
darīgh moddat-e ʿomram ke bar omīd-e veṣāl
be sar resīd o nayāmad be sar zamān-e ferāq
sarī ke bar sar-e gardūn be fakhr mīsūdam
be rāstān ke nahādam, bar āstān-e ferāq
chegūne bāz konam bāl dar havā-ye veṣāl
ke rīkht morgh-e delam par dar āshiyān-e ferāq
konūn che chāre ke dar baḥr-e gham be gerdābī
fotād zowraq-e ṣabram ze bādbān-e ferāq
basī namānd ke kashtī-ye ʿomr gharqe shavad
ze mowj-e showq-e to dar baḥr-e bīkarān-e ferāq
agar be dast-e man oftad ferāq rā bekosham
ke rūz-e hajr siyah bād o khān o mān-e ferāq
rafīq-e kheyl-e khiyālīm o hamneshīn-e shakīb
qarīn-e ātash-e hejrān o ham qerān-e ferāq
chegūne daʿvī-ye vaṣlat konam be jān? ke shodast
tanam vakīl-e qażā o delam żamān-e ferāq
ze sūz-e showq delam shod kabāb dūr az yār
modām khūn-e jegar mīkhoram ze khān-e ferāq
falak cho dīd saram rā asīr-e chanbar-e ʿeshq
bebast gardan-e ṣabram be rīsmān-e ferāq
be pāy-e showq gar īn rah be sar shodī Ḥāfeẓ
be dast-e hajr nadādī kasī ʿenān-e ferāq
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.