Ghazal 304 (غزل ۳۰۴) · Divan of Hafez
دارایِ جهان نصرتِ دین خسروِ کامل
dārā-ye jahān noṣrat-e dīn khosrov-e kāmel
Yaḥyā ben-e Moẓaffar malek-e ʿālam-e ʿādel
ey dargah-e eslām panāh-e to goshāde
bar rūy-e zamīn rowzane-ye jān o dar-e del
taʿẓīm-e to bar jān o kherad vājeb o lāzem
enʿām-e to bar kown o makān fāyeż o shāmel
rūz-e azal az kelk-e to yek qaṭre siyāhī
bar rūy-e mah oftād ke shod ḥall-e masāʾel
khorshīd cho ān khāl-e siyah dīd, be del goft
ey kāj ke man būdamī ān hendū-ye moqbel
shāhā falak az bazm-e to dar raqṣ o samāʿ ast
dast-e ṭarab az dāman-e īn zamzame magsel
mey nūsh o jahān bakhsh ke az zolf-e kamandat
shod gardan-e badkhāh gereftār salāsel
dowr-e falakī yeksare bar manhaj-e ʿadl ast
khosh bāsh ke ẓālem nabarad rāh be manzel
Ḥāfeẓ qalam-e shāh-e jahān moqsem-e rezq ast
az bahr-e maʿīshat makon andīshe-ye bāṭel
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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