Ghazal 308 (غزل ۳۰۸) · Divan of Hafez
ای رُخَت چون خُلد و لَعلَت سَلسَبیل
ey rokhat chūn khold o laʿlat salsabīl
salsabīlat karde jān o del sabīl
sabzpūshān-e khaṭat bar gerd-e lab
hamcho mūrānand gerd-e salsabīl
nāvak-e chashm-e to dar har gūsheʾī
hamcho man oftāde dārad ṣad qatīl
yā rab īn ātash ke dar jān-e man ast
sard kon zān sān ke kardī bar Khalīl
man nemīyābam majāl ey dūstān
garche dārad ū jamālī bas jamīl
pāy-e mā lang ast o manzel bas derāz
dast-e mā kūtāh o khormā bar nakhīl
Ḥāfeẓ az sarpanje-ye ʿeshq-e negār
hamcho mūr oftāde shod dar pāy-e pīl
shāh-e ʿālam rā baqā o ʿezz o nāz
bād o har chīzī ke bāshad zīn qabīl
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.