Ghazal 309 (غزل ۳۰۹) · Divan of Hafez
عشقبازیّ و جوانیّ و شرابِ لَعلْفام
ʿeshqbāzī o javānī o sharāb-e laʿlfām
majles-e ons o ḥarīf-e hamdam o shorb-e modām
sāqī-ye shekkardahān o moṭreb-e shīrīnsokhan
hamneshīnī nīkkerdār o nadīmī nīknām
shāhedī az loṭf o pākī rashk-e āb-e zendegī
delbarī dar ḥosn o khūbī gheyrat-e māh-e tamām
bazmgāhī delneshān, chūn qaṣr-e ferdows-e barīn
golshanī pīrāmonash chūn rowże-ye dāro s-salām
ṣafneshīnān nīkkhāh o pīshkārān bāadab
dūstdārān ṣāḥebasrār o ḥarīfān dūstkām
bāde-ye golrang-e talkh-e tīz-e khoshkhār-e sabok
noqlash az laʿl-e negār o naqlash az yāqūt-e khām
ghamze-ye sāqī be yaghmā-ye kherad āhekhte tīgh
zolf-e jānān az barāy-e ṣeyd-e del gostardedām
noktedānī bazlegū chūn Ḥāfeẓ-e shīrīnsokhan
bakhsheshāmūzī jahānafrūz chūn Ḥājī Qavām
har ke īn ʿeshrat nakhāhad khoshdelī bar vey tabāh
v ān ke īn majles najūyad zendegī bar vey ḥarām
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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