Ghazal 327 (غزل ۳۲۷) · Divan of Hafez
مرا عهدیست با جانان که تا جان در بدن دارم
marā ʿahdī-st bā jānān ke tā jān dar badan dāram
havā-dārān-e kūyash rā cho jān-e khvīshtan dāram
ṣafā-ye khalvat-e khāṭer az ān shamʿ-e Chegel jūyam
forūgh-e chashm-o nūr-e del az ān māh-e Khotan dāram
be kām-o ārezū-ye del, cho dāram khalvatī ḥāṣel
che fekr az khobs-e bad-gūyān, miyān-e anjoman dāram?
marā dar khāne sarvī hast kandar sāye-ye qaddash
farāgh az sarv-e bostānī-o shemshād-e chaman dāram
garam ṣad lashkar az khūbān be qaṣd-e del kamīn sāzand
be-ḥamdi llāhi va l-menna botī lashkar-shekan dāram
sezad kaz khātam-e laʿlash zanam lāf-e Soleymānī
cho esm-e aʿẓamam bāshad, che bāk az Ahreman dāram?
alā ey pīr-e farzāne, makon ʿeybam ze meykhāne
ke man dar tark-e peymāne delī peymān-shekan dāram
khodā rā ey raqīb emshab zamānī dīde bar ham neh
ke man bā laʿl-e khāmūshash nehānī ṣad sokhan dāram
cho dar gol-zār-e eqbālash kharāmānam be-ḥamdi llāh
na meyl-e lāle-o nasrīn, na barg-e nastaran dāram
be rendī shohre shod Ḥāfeẓ miyān-e ham-damān, līkan
che gham dāram ke dar ʿālam Qavāmo d-dīn Ḥasan dāram
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.