Ghazal 358 (غزل ۳۵۸) · Divan of Hafez
غمِ زمانه که هیچش کَران نمیبینم
gham-e zamāne ke hīchash karān nemī-bīnam
davāsh joz mey-e chon arghavān nemī-bīnam
be tark-e khedmat-e pīr-e moghān na-khāham goft
cherā ke maṣlaḥat-e khod dar ān nemī-bīnam
ze āftāb-e qadaḥ ertefāʿ-e ʿeysh be-gīr
cherā ke ṭāleʿ-e vaqt ān chonān nemī-bīnam
neshān-e ahl-e khodā ʿāsheqī-st, bā khod dār
ke dar mashāyekh-e shahr īn neshān nemī-bīnam
bedīn do dīde-ye ḥeyrān-e man hezār afsūs
ke bā do āyene rūyash ʿayān nemī-bīnam
qad-e to tā beshod az jūybār-e dīde-ye man
be jāy-e sarv joz āb-e ravān nemī-bīnam
dar īn khomār kasam jorʿe-ī nemī-bakhshad
be-bīn ke ahl-e delī dar miyān nemī-bīnam
neshān-e mūy-e miyānash ke del dar ū bastam
ze man mapors ke khod dar miyān nemī-bīnam
man o safīne-ye ḥāfeẓ ke joz dar īn daryā
beżāʿat sokhan-e dorfeshān nemī-bīnam
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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