Ghazal 369 (غزل ۳۶۹) · Divan of Hafez
ما زِ یاران چَشمِ یاری داشتیم
mā ze yārān chashm-e yārī dāshtīm
khod ghalaṭ būd ānche mā pendāshtīm
tā derakht-e dūstī bar key dehad
ḥāliyā raftīm o tokhmī kāshtīm
goft-o-gū āyīn-e darvīshī nabūd
var na bā to mājerā-hā dāshtīm
shīve-ye chashmat farīb-e jang dāsht
mā ghalaṭ kardīm o ṣolḥ engāshtīm
golbon-e ḥosnat na khod shod delforūz
mā dam-e hemmat bar ū begmāshtīm
nokte-hā raft o shekāyat kas nakard
jāneb-e ḥormat forū nagzāshtīm
goft khod dādī be mā del ḥāfeẓā
mā moḥaṣṣel bar kasī nagmāshtīm
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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.