Ghazal 367 (غزل ۳۶۷) · Divan of Hafez
فتوی پیرِ مُغان دارم و قولیست قدیم
fatvī pīr-e moghān dāram o qowlī-st qadīm
ke ḥarām ast mey ān jā ke na yār ast nadīm
chāk khāham zadan īn dalq-e riyāyī, che konam?
rūḥ rā ṣoḥbat-e nājens, ʿazābī-st alīm
tā magar jorʿe feshānad lab-e jānān bar man
sāl-hā shod ke manam bar dar-e meykhāne moqīm
magarash khedmat-e dīrīn-e man az yād beraft
ey nasīm-e saḥarī! yād dahash ʿahd-e qadīm
baʿd-e ṣad sāl agar bar sar-e khākam gozarī
sar bar-ārad ze gelam raqṣ-konān ʿaẓm-e ramīm
delbar az mā be ṣad ommīd setad avval del
ẓāheran ʿahd farāmosh nakonad kholq-e karīm
ghonche gū «tang-del az kār-e forū-baste mabāsh
k-az dam-e ṣobḥ madad yābī o anfās-e nasīm»
fekr-e behbūd-e khod ey del ze darī dīgar kon
dard-e ʿāsheq nashavad beh, be modāvā-ye ḥakīm
gowhar-e maʿrefat āmūz ke bā khod bebarī
ke naṣīb-e degarān ast neṣāb-e zar o sīm
dām sakht ast magar yār shavad loṭf-e khodā
var na ādam na-barad ṣarfe ze sheyṭān-e rajīm
ḥāfeẓ ar sīm o zarat nīst, che shod? shāker bāsh
che beh az dowlat-e loṭf-e sokhan o ṭabʿ-e salīm
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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