Ghazal 328 (غزل ۳۲۸) · Divan of Hafez
من که باشم که بر آن خاطرِ عاطِر گذرم؟
man ke bāsham ke bar ān khāṭer-e ʿāṭer gozaram?
loṭf-hā mī-konī ey khāk-e darat, tāj-e saram
delbarā bande navāzīt ke āmūkht? begū
ke man īn ẓann, be raqībān-e to hargez nabaram
hemmatam badraqe-ye rāh kon ey ṭāyer-e qods
ke derāz ast rah-e maqṣad-o man now-safaram
ey nasīm-e saḥarī bandegī-ye man beresān
ke farāmūsh makon vaqt-e doʿā-ye saharam
khorram ān rūz kaz īn marḥale bar-bandam bār
v-az sar-e kūy-e to porsand rafīqān khabaram
Ḥāfeẓā shāyad agar dar ṭalab-e gowhar-e vaṣl
dīde daryā konam az ashk-o dar ū ghūṭe khoram
pāye-ye naẓm boland ast-o jahān gīr begū
tā konad pādshah-e baḥr dahān por goharam
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.