Ghazal 320 (غزل ۳۲۰) · Divan of Hafez
دیشب به سیلِ اشک رَهِ خواب میزدم
dīshab be seyl-e ashk rah-e khāb mī-zadam
naqshī be yād-e khaṭ-e to bar āb mī-zadam
abrū-ye yār dar naẓar-o kherqe sūkhte
jāmī be yād-e gūshe-ye meḥrāb mī-zadam
har morgh-e fekr kaz sar-e shākh-e sokhan bejast
bāzash ze ṭorre-ye to be meżrāb mī-zadam
rūy-e negār dar naẓaram jelve mī-nomūd
vaz dūr būse bar rokh-e mahtāb mī-zadam
chashmam be rūy-e sāqī-vo gūsham be qowl-e chang
fālī be chashm-o gūsh dar īn bāb mī-zadam
naqsh-e khiyāl-e rūy-e to tā vaqt-e ṣobḥdam
bar kārgāh-e dīde-ye bīkhāb mī-zadam
sāqī be ṣowt-e īn ghazalam kāse mī-gereft
mī-goftam īn sorūd-o mey-e nāb mī-zadam
khosh būd vaqt-e Ḥāfeẓ-o fāl-e morād-o kām
bar nām-e ʿomr-o dowlat-e aḥbāb mī-zadam
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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