Ghazal 350 (غزل ۳۵۰) · Divan of Hafez
به عزمِ توبه سحر گفتم استخاره کُنم
be ʿazm-e towbe saḥar goftam estekhāre konam
bahār-e towbešekan mīresad če čāre konam
sokhan dorost begūyam namītavānam dīd
ke mey khorand ḥarīfān o man neẓāre konam
čo ghonče bā lab-e khandān be yād-e majles-e šāh
piyāle gīram o az šowq, jāme pāre konam
be dowr-e lāle damāgh-e marā ʿelāj konīd
gar az miyāne-ye bazm-e ṭarab kanāre konam
ze rūy-e dūst marā čon gol-e morād šekoft
ḥavāle-ye sar-e došman be sang-e khāre konam
gedā-ye meykadeam, līk vaqt-e mastī bīn
ke nāz bar falak o ḥokm bar setāre konam
marā ke nīst rah o rasm-e loqmeparhīzī
čerā malāmat-e rend-e šarābkhvāre konam
be takht-e gol benšānam botī čo solṭānī
ze sonbol o samanaš, sāz-e towq o yāre konam
ze bāde khordan-e penhān malūl šod ḥāfeẓ
be bāng-e barbaṭ o ney, rāzaš āškāre konam
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.