Ghazal 351 (غزل ۳۵۱) · Divan of Hafez
حاشا که من به موسمِ گُل تَرکِ مِی کُنم
ḥāšā ke man be mowsem-e gol tark-e mey konam
man lāf-e ʿaql mīzanam, īn kār key konam
moṭreb kojāst tā hame maḥṣūl-e zohd o ʿelm
dar kār-e čang o barbaṭ o āvāz-e ney konam
az qīl o qāl-e madrese ḥālī delam gereft
yek čand nīz khedmat-e maʿšūq o mey konam
key būd dar zamāne vafā? jām-e mey biyār
tā man ḥekāyat-e jam o kāvūs-e key konam
az nāme-ye siyāh natarsam ke rūz-e ḥašr
bā feyż-e loṭf-e ū ṣad az īn nāme ṭey konam
kū peyk-e ṣobḥ? tā gelehā-ye šab-e ferāq
bā ān khojaste ṭāleʿ-e farkhonde pey konam
īn jān-e ʿāriyat ke be ḥāfeẓ sepord dūst
rūzī rokhaš bebīnam o taslīm-e vey 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.