Ghazal 307 (غزل ۳۰۷) · Divan of Hafez
هر نکتهای که گفتم در وصفِ آن شَمایل
har nokteʾī ke goftam dar vaṣf-e ān shamāyel
har k-ū shenīd goftā «lellāhe darro qāʾel»
taḥṣīl-e ʿeshq o rendī āsān nemūd avval
ākhar besūkht jānam dar kasb-e īn fażāyel
Ḥallāj bar sar-e dār īn nokte khosh sorāyad
«az Shāfeʿī naporsand amsāl-e īn masāʾel»
goftam ke «key bebakhshī bar jān-e nātavānam?»
goft «ān zamān ke nabvad jān dar miyāne ḥāʾel»
del dādeʾam be yārī, shūkhī, kashī, negārī
marżiyato s-sajāyā maḥmūdato l-khaṣāʾel
dar ʿeyn-e gūshegīrī būdam cho chashm-e mastat
v aknūn shodam be mastān chūn abrū-ye to māyel
az āb-e dīde ṣad rah ṭūfān-e Nūḥ dīdam
v az lowḥ-e sīne naqshat hargez nagasht zāyel
ey dūst dast-e Ḥāfeẓ taʿvīz-e chashm zakhm ast
yā rab bebīnam ān rā dar gardanat ḥamāyel
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.