Ghazal 319 (غزل ۳۱۹) · Divan of Hafez
سالها پیرُویِ مذهبِ رندان کردم
sālhā peyravī-ye maẕhab-e rendān kardam
tā be fatvā-ye kherad ḥerṣ be zendān kardam
man be sarmanzel-e ʿanqā na be khod bordam rāh
qaṭʿ-e īn marḥale bā morgh-e Soleymān kardam
sāyeʾī bar del-e rīsham fekan ey ganj-e ravān
ke man īn khāne be sowdā-ye to vīrān kardam
towbe kardam ke nabūsam lab-e sāqī-vo konūn
mī-gazam lab ke cherā gūsh be nādān kardam
dar khelāfāmad-e ʿādat beṭalab kām! ke man
kasb-e jamʿiyat az ān zolf-e parīshān kardam
naqsh-e mastūrī-vo mastī na be dast-e man-o tost
ān che solṭān-e azal goft bekon, ān kardam
dāram az loṭf-e azal jannat-e ferdows ṭamaʿ
garche darbānī-ye meykhāne farāvān kardam
īn ke pīrānesaram ṣoḥbat-e Yūsof benavākht
ajr-e ṣabrīst ke dar kolbe-ye aḥzān kardam
ṣobḥkhīzī-vo salāmat ṭalabī chūn Ḥāfeẓ
har che kardam hame az dowlat-e Qorʾān kardam
gar be dīvān-e ghazal ṣadrneshīnam che ʿajab?
sālhā bandegī-ye ṣāḥeb-e dīvān kardam
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.