Ghazal 343 (غزل ۳۴۳) · Divan of Hafez
چِل سال بیش رفت که من لاف میزنم
čel sāl bīš raft ke man lāf mīzanam
kaz čākarān-e pīr-e moghān kamtarīn manam
hargez be yomn-e ʿāṭefat-e pīr-e mey forūš
sāghar tohī našod ze mey-e ṣāf-e rowšanam
az jāh-e ʿešq o dowlat-e rendān-e pākbāz
peyvaste ṣadr-e maṣṭabehā būd maskanam
dar šān-e man be dordkašī ẓann-e bad mabar
kālūde gašt jāme, valī pākdāmanam
šahbāz-e dast-e pādšaham, īn če ḥālat ast
kaz yād bordeand havā-ye nešīmanam
ḥeyf ast bolbolī čo man aknūn dar īn qafas
bā īn lesān-e ʿazb, ke khāmoš čo sūsanam
āb o havā-ye fārs ʿajab sefle parvar ast
kū hamrahī ke kheyme az īn khāk barkanam
ḥāfeẓ be zīr-e kherqe qadaḥ tā be key kašī
dar bazm-e khvāje parde ze kārat barafkanam
tūrānšah-e khojaste ke dar man yazīd-e fażl
šod mennat-e mavāheb-e ū towq-e gardanam
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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