Ghazal 310 (غزل ۳۱۰) · Divan of Hafez
مرحبا طایرِ فَرُّخ پِیِ فرخنده پیام
marḥabā ṭāyer-e farrokh pey-e farkhonde payām
kheyr-e maqdam che khabar? dūst kojā? rāh kodām?
yā rab īn qāfele rā loṭf-e azal badraqe bād
ke az ū khaṣm be dām āmad o maʿshūqe be kām
mājarā-ye man o maʿshūq-e marā pāyān nīst
har che āghāz nadārad napazīrad anjām
gol ze ḥad bord tanaʿʿom nafasī rokh benamā
sarv mīnāzad o khosh nīst khodā rā bekhrām
zolf-e deldār cho zonnār hamīfarmāyad
boro ey sheykh ke shod bar tan-e mā kherqe ḥarām
morgh-e rūḥam ke hamīzad ze sar-e sedre ṣafīr
ʿāqebat dāne-ye khāl-e to fekandash dar dām
chashm-e bīmār-e marā khāb na dar khor bāshad
man lahū yaqtolo dāʾon danafon keyfa yanām?
to taraḥḥom nakonī bar man-e mokhleṣ goftam
zāka daʿvāya o hā anta o telka l-ayyām
Ḥāfeẓ ar meyl be abrū-ye to dārad shāyad
jāy dar gūshe-ye meḥrāb konand ahl-e kalām
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.