Ghazal 340 (غزل ۳۴۰) · Divan of Hafez
من که از آتشِ دل چون خُمِ مِی در جوشم
man ke az ātash-e del chon khom-e mey dar jūsham
mohr bar lab zade, khūn mī-khoram-o khāmūsham
qaṣd-e jān ast ṭamaʿ dar lab-e jānān kardan
to marā bīn ke dar īn kār be jān mī-kūsham
man key āzād shavam az gham-e del? chon har dam
hendū-ye zolf-e botī ḥalqe konad dar gūsham
ḥāsha lellāh ke nayam moʿtaqed-e ṭāʿat-e khvīsh
īn qadar hast ke gah gah qadaḥī mī-nūsham
hast omīdam ke ʿalī-raghm-e ʿadū rūz-e jazā
feyż-e ʿafvash nanahad bār-e gonah bar dūsham
pedaram rowże-ye reżvān be do gandom befrūkht
man cherā molk-e jahān rā be jovī nafrūsham?!
kherqe-pūshī-ye man az ghāyat-e dīn-dārī nīst
parde-ī bar sar-e ṣad ʿeyb-e nehān mī-pūsham
man ke khvāham ke nanūsham be joz az rāvaq-e khom
che konam gar sokhan-e pīr-e moghān nanyūsham?
gar az īn dast zanad moṭreb-e majles rah-e ʿeshq
sheʿr-e Ḥāfeẓ bebarad vaqt-e samāʿ az hūsham
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.