Ghazal 338 (غزل ۳۳۸) · Divan of Hafez
من دوستدارِ رویِ خوش و مویِ دلکَشَم
man dūstdār-e rūy-e khvosh-o mūy-e delkasham
madhūsh-e chashm-e mast-o mey-e ṣāf-e bī-ghasham
goftī ze serr-e ʿahd-e azal yek sokhan begū
āngah begūyamat ke do peymāne dar kasham
man ādam-e beheshtīyam ammā dar īn safar
ḥālī asīr-e ʿeshq-e javānān-e mahvasham
dar ʿāsheqī gozīr nabāshad ze sāz-o sūz
estāde-am cho shamʿ, matarsān ze ātasham
Shīrāz maʿdan-e lab-e laʿl ast-o kān-e ḥosn
man jowharī-ye moflesam, īrā moshavvasham
az bas ke chashm-e mast dar īn shahr dīde-am
ḥaqqā ke mey namī-khoram aknūn-o sarkhvosham
shahrī-st por kereshme-ye ḥūrān ze shesh jahat
chīzam nīst var na kharīdār-e har shasham
bakht ar madad dehad ke kasham rakht sūy-e dūst
gīsū-ye ḥūr gard feshānad ze mafrasham
Ḥāfeẓ ʿarūs-e ṭabʿ-e marā jelve ārezū-st
āyene-ī nadāram az ān āh mī-kasham
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.