Ghazal 306 (غزل ۳۰۶) · Divan of Hafez
اگر به کویِ تو باشد مرا مَجالِ وصول
agar be kūy-e to bāshad marā majāl-e voṣūl
rasad be dowlat-e vaṣl-e to kār-e man be oṣūl
qarār borde ze man ān do narges-e raʿnā
farāgh borde ze man ān do jādū-ye makḥūl
cho bar dar-e to man-e bīnavā-ye bī zar o zūr
be hīch bāb nadāram rah-e khorūj o dokhūl
kojā ravam che konam chāre az kojā jūyam?
ke gashteʾam ze gham o jowr-e rūzgār malūl
man-e shekaste-ye badḥāl zendegī yābam
dar ān zamān ke be tīgh-e ghamat shavam maqtūl
kharābtar ze del-e man gham-e to jāy nayāft
ke sākht dar del-e tangam qarārgāh-e nozūl
del az javāher-e mehrat cho seyqalī dārad
bovad ze zang-e ḥavādes har āyene maṣqūl
che jorm kardeʾam? ey jān o del, be ḥażrat-e to
ke ṭāʿat-e man-e bīdel nemīshavad maqbūl
be dard-e ʿeshq besāz o khamūsh kon Ḥāfeẓ
romūz-e ʿeshq makon fāsh pīsh-e ahl-e ʿoqūl
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.