Ghazal 353 (غزل ۳۵۳) · Divan of Hafez
من تَرکِ عشقِ شاهد و ساغر نمیکنم
man tark-e ʿešq-e šāhed o sāghar nemīkonam
ṣad bār towbe kardam o dīgar nemīkonam
bāgh-e behešt o sāye-ye ṭūbī o qaṣr o ḥūr
bā khāk-e kūy-e dūst barābar nemīkonam
talqīn o dars-e ahl-e naẓar yek ešārat ast
goftam kenāyatī o mokarrar nemīkonam
hargez nemīšavad ze sar-e khod khabar marā
tā dar miyān-e meykade sar bar nemīkonam
nāṣeḥ be ṭaʿn goft ke row tark-e ʿešq kon
moḥtāj-e jang nīst barādar, nemīkonam
īn taqviyam tamām, ke bā šāhedān-e šahr
nāz o kerešme bar sar-e menbar nemīkonam
ḥāfeẓ janāb-e pīr-e moghān jā-ye dowlat ast
man tark-e khākbūsī-ye īn dar nemīkonam
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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