Ghazal 359 (غزل ۳۵۹) · Divan of Hafez
خُرَّم آن روز کز این منزلِ ویران بروم
khorram ān rūz k-az īn manzel-e vīrān be-ravam
rāḥat-e jān ṭalabam o az pey-e jānān be-ravam
gar che dānam ke be jāyī na-barad rāh-e gharīb
man be būy-e sar-e ān zolf-e parīshān be-ravam
delam az vaḥshat-e zendān-e sekandar be-gereft
rakht bar-bandam o tā molk-e soleymān be-ravam
chon ṣabā bā tan-e bīmār o del-e bī-ṭāqat
be havādārī-ye ān sarv-e khorāmān be-ravam
dar rah-e ū cho qalam gar be saram bāyad raft
bā del-e zakhm-kash o dīde-ye geryān be-ravam
nazr kardam gar az īn gham be dar āyam rūzī
tā dar-e meykade shādān o ghazal-khvān be-ravam
be havādārī-ye ū zarre-ṣefat, raqṣ-konān
tā lab-e cheshme-ye khorshīd-e derakhshān be-ravam
tāziyān rā gham-e aḥvāl-e gerān-bārān nīst
pārsāyān madadī tā khvosh o āsān be-ravam
var cho ḥāfeẓ ze biyābān na-baram rah bīrūn
hamrah-e kowkabe-ye āṣaf-e dowrān be-ravam
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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