Ghazal 325 (غزل ۳۲۵) · Divan of Hafez
گر دست دهد خاکِ کفِ پایِ نگارم
gar dast dahad khāk-e kaf-e pāy-e negāram
bar lowḥ-e baṣar khaṭ-e ghobārī benegāram
bar būy-e kenār-e to shodam gharq-o omīd ast
az mowj-e sereshkam ke rasānad be kenāram
parvāne-ye ū gar resadam dar ṭalab-e jān
chūn shamʿ hamān dam be damī jān besepāram
emrūz makash sar ze vafā-ye man-o andīsh
zān shab ke man az gham be doʿā dast barāram
zolfīn-e siyāh-e to be deldārī-ye ʿoshshāq
dādand qarārī-vo bebordand qarāram
ey bād az ān bāde nasīmī be man āvar
kān būy-e shafābakhsh bovad dafʿ-e khomāram
gar qalb-e delam rā nanahad dūst ʿayārī
man naqd-e ravān dar damash az dīde shomāram
dāman mafeshān az man-e khākī ke pas az man
zīn dar natavānad ke barad bād ghobāram
Ḥāfeẓ lab-e laʿlash cho marā jān-e ʿazīz ast
ʿomrī bovad ān laḥẓe ke jān rā be lab āram
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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