Ghazal 318 (غزل ۳۱۸) · Divan of Hafez
مرا میبینی و هر دَم زیادَت میکنی دَردَم
marā mī-bīnī-vo har dam ziyādat mī-konī dardam
to rā mī-bīnam-o meylam ziyādat mī-shavad har dam
be sāmānam nemī-porsī, nemī-dānam che sar dārī
be darmānam nemī-kūshī, nemī-dānī magar dardam?
na rāh ast īn ke bogẕārī marā bar khāk-o bogrīzī
goẕārī ār-o bāzam pors tā khāk-e rahat gardam
nadāram dastat az dāman, be joz dar khāk-o ān dam ham
ke bar khākam ravān gardī begīrad dāmanat gardam
forū raft az gham-e ʿeshqat damam dam mī-dahī tā key?
damār az man barāvordī nemī-gūyī barāvordam
shabī del rā be tārīkī ze zolfat bāz mī-jostam
rokhat mī-dīdam-o jāmī helālī bāz mī-khordam
kashīdam dar barat nāgāh-o shod dar tāb gīsūyat
nahādam bar labat lab rā-vo jān-o del fedā kardam
to khosh mī-bāsh bā Ḥāfeẓ, borow gū khasm jān mī-deh
cho garmī az to mī-bīnam, che bāk az khasm-e dam sardam
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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