Ghazal 302 (غزل ۳۰۲) · Divan of Hafez
خوش خبر باشی ای نسیمِ شِمال
khosh khabar bāshī ey nasīm-e shemāl
ke be mā mīresad zamān-e veṣāl
qeṣṣato l-ʿeshqe lā nfeṣāma lahā
foṣemat hā honā lesāna l-qāl
mā le-Salmā o man be-zī Salamen
ayna jīrānonā o kayfa l-ḥāl
ʿafati d-dāro baʿda ʿāfiyaten
fa-sʾalū ḥālahā ʿani l-aṭlāl
fī jamāli l-kamāle nelta monā
ṣarrafa llāho ʿanka ʿayna kamāl
yā barīda l-ḥemā ḥamāka llāh
marḥaban marḥaban taʿāl taʿāl
ʿarṣe-ye bazmgāh khālī mānd
az ḥarīfān o jām-e mālāmāl
sāye afkand ḥāliyā shab-e hajr
tā che bāzand shabrovān-e khiyāl
tork-e mā sūy-e kas nemīnegarad
āh az īn kebriyā o jāh o jalāl
Ḥāfeẓā ʿeshq o ṣāberī tā chand?
nāle-ye ʿāsheqān khosh ast, benāl
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.