Ghazal 31 (غزل ۳۱) · Divan of Hafez
آن شبِ قدری که گویند اهلِ خلوت امشب است
ān shab-e qadrī ke gūyand ahl-e khalvat emshab ast
yā rab īn taʾsīr-e dowlat dar kodāmīn kowkab ast?
tā be gīsū-ye to dast-e nāsezāyān kam rasad
har delī az ḥalqe-ī dar zekr-e yārab yārab ast
koshte-ye chāh-e zanakhdān-e to-am k-az har ṭaraf
ṣad hezār-ash gardan-e jān zīr-e ṭowq-e ghabghab ast
shahsavār-e man ke mah āyīne-dār-e rūy-e ust
tāj-e khworshīd-e boland-ash khāk-e naʿl-e markab ast
ʿaks-e khoy bar ʿāreż-ash bīn k-āftāb-e garm-row
dar havā-ye ān ʿaraq tā hast har rūz-ash tab ast
man nakhwāham kard tark-e laʿl-e yār o jām-e mey
zāhedān maʿzūr dārīdam ke īn-am mazhab ast
andar ān sāʿat ke bar posht-e ṣabā bandand zīn
bā Soleymān chon barānam man ke mūr-am markab ast
ān ke nāvak bar del-e man zīr-e cheshmī mīzanad
qūt-e jān-e Ḥāfeẓ-ash dar khande-ye zīr-e lab ast
āb-e ḥeyvān-ash ze menqār-e balāghat mīchekad
zāgh-e kelk-e man be nām-e īzad che ʿālī mashrab ast
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.