Ghazal 329 (غزل ۳۲۹) · Divan of Hafez
جوزا سَحَر نهادْ حمایل برابرم
Jowzā saḥar nahād ḥamāyel barābaram
yaʿnī gholām-e shāham-o sowgand mī-khoram
sāqī biyā ke az madad-e bakht-e kār-sāz
kāmī ke khvāstam ze khodā shod moyassaram
jāmī bedeh ke bāz be shādī-ye rūy-e shāh
pīrāne sar, havā-ye javānī-st dar saram
rāham mazan be vaṣf-e zolāl-e Kheżer ke man
az jām-e shāh jorʿe kash-e ḥowż-e Kowsaram
shāhā agar be ʿarsh resānam sarīr-e fażl
mamlūk-e īn jenābam-o meskīn-e īn daram
man jorʿe nūsh-e bazm-e to būdam hezār sāl
key tark-e ābkhvord konad ṭabʿ-e khūgaram
var bāvarat namī-konad az bande īn ḥadīs
az gofte-ye Kamāl, dalīlī biyāvaram
«gar barkanam del az to-o bardāram az to mehr
ān mehr bar ke afkanam? ān del kojā baram?»
Manṣūr ben Moẓaffar-e ghāzī-st ḥerz-e man
v-az īn khojaste nām, bar aʿdā moẓaffaram
ʿahd-e alast-e man hame bā ʿeshq-e shāh būd
vaz shāhrāh-e ʿomr, bedīn ʿahd bogzaram
gardūn cho kard naẓm-e Sorayyā be nām-e shāh
man naẓm-e dorr cherā nakonam? az ke kamtaram?
shāhīn ṣefat cho ṭoʿme chashīdam ze dast-e shāh
key bāshad eltefāt be ṣeyd-e kabūtaram
ey shāh-e shīr-gīr che kam gardad ar shavad
dar sāye-ye to molk-e farāghat moyassaram
sheʿram be yomn-e madḥ-e to ṣad molk-e del goshād
gūyī ke tīgh-e tost zabān-e sokhanvaram
bar golshanī agar bogzashtam cho bād-e ṣobḥ
ney ʿeshq-e sarv būd-o na showq-e ṣanowbaram
būy-e to mī-shenīdam-o bar yād-e rūy-e to
dādand sāqiyān-e ṭarab yek do sāgharam
mastī be āb-e yek do ʿenab vażʿ-e bande nīst
man sāl-khorde pīr-e kharābāt parvaram
bā seyr-e akhtar-e falakam dāvarī basī-st
enṣāf-e shāh bād dar īn qeṣṣe yāvaram
shokr-e khodā ke bāz dar īn owj-e bārgāh
ṭāvūs-e ʿarsh mī-shenavad ṣīt-e shahparam
nāmam ze kārkhāne-ye ʿoshshāq maḥv bād
gar joz maḥabbat-e to bovad shoghl-e dīgaram
sheblo l-asad be ṣeyd-e delam ḥamle kard-o man
gar lāgharam vagarna shekār-e ghażanfaram
ey ʿāsheqān-e rūy-e to az zarre bīshtar
man key rasam be vaṣl-e to kaz zarre kamtaram
benmā be man ke monker-e ḥosn-e rokh-e to kīst
tā dīde-ash be gezlek-e gheyrat barāvaram
bar man fotād sāye-ye khvorshīd-e salṭanat
v-aknūn farāghat ast ze khvorshīd-e khāvaram
maqṣūd az īn moʿāmele bāzār-tīzī-st
ney jelve mī-forūsham-o ney ʿeshve mī-kharam
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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