Ghazal 330 (غزل ۳۳۰) · Divan of Hafez
تو همچو صبحی و من شمعِ خلوتِ سَحَرم
to hamcho ṣobḥī-o man shamʿ-e khalvat-e saḥaram
tabassomī kon-o jān bīn ke chon hamī-separam
chonīn ke dar del-e man dāgh-e zolf-e sarkash-e tost
banafshe zār shavad torbatam cho dar gozaram
bar āstān-e morādat goshāde-am dar-e chashm
ke yek naẓar fekanī, khvod fekandī az naẓaram
che shokr gūyamat ey kheyl-e gham, ʿafāka llāh
ke rūz-e bī-kasī ākhar namī-ravī ze saram
gholām-e mardom-e chashmam, ke bā siyāh delī
hezār qaṭre bebārad cho dard-e del shemoram
be har naẓar bot-e mā jelve mī-konad, līkan
kas īn kereshme nabīnad ke man hamī negaram
be khāk-e Ḥāfeẓ agar yār bogzarad chon bād
ze showq dar del-e ān tangnā kafan bedaram
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.