Ghazal 361 (غزل ۳۶۱) · Divan of Hafez
آن که پامالِ جفا کرد چو خاکِ راهم
ān ke pāmāl-e jafā kard cho khāk-e rāham
khāk mī-būsam o ʿozr-e qadamash mī-khāham
man na ānam ke ze jowr-e to be-nālam, ḥāshā
bande-ye moʿtaqed o chāker-e dowlatkhāham
baste-am dar kham-e gīsū-ye to ommīd-e derāz
ān mabādā ke konad dast-e ṭalab kūtāham
zarre-ye khākam o dar kūy-e to-am jāy khvosh ast
tarsam ey dūst ke bādī be-barad nāgāham
pīr-e meykhāne saḥar jām-e jahān-bīnam dād
v-andar ān āyene az ḥosn-e to kard āgāham
ṣūfī-ye ṣowmaʿe-ye ʿālam-e qodsam līkan
ḥāliyā deyr-e moghān ast ḥavālatgāham
bā man-e rāh-neshīn khīz o sūy-e meykade āy
tā dar ān ḥalqe be-bīnī ke che ṣāḥeb jāham
mast be-gozashtī o az ḥāfeẓat andīshe nabūd
āh agar dāman-e ḥosn-e to be-gīrad āham
khvosham āmad ke saḥar khosrow-e khāvar mī-goft
bā hame pādeshahī bande-ye tūrānshāham
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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