Ghazal 37 (غزل ۳۷) · Divan of Hafez
بیا که قصرِ اَمَل سخت سستبنیادست
biyā ke qaṣr-e amal sakht sost-bonyād ast
biyār bāde ke bonyād-e ʿomr bar bād ast
gholām-e hemmat-e ān-am ke zīr-e charkh-e kabūd
ze har che rang-e taʿalloq pazīrad āzād ast
che gūyam-at ke be meykhāne dūsh mast o kharāb
sorūsh-e ʿālam-e gheyb-am che mozhde-hā dād ast
ke ey boland-naẓar shāhbāz-e sedre-neshīn
neshīman-e to na īn konj-e meḥnat-ābād ast
to rā ze kongere-ye ʿarsh mīzanand ṣafīr
nadānam-at ke dar īn dāmgah che oftād ast
naṣīḥatī konam-at yād gīr o dar ʿamal ār
ke īn ḥadīs, ze pīr-e ṭarīqat-am yād ast
gham-e jahān makhwor o pand-e man mabar az yād
ke īn laṭīfe-ye ʿeshq-am ze rahravī yād ast
reżā be dāde bedeh vaz jabīn gereh begshāy
ke bar man o to dar-e ekhtiyār nagshād ast
majū dorostī-ye ʿahd az jahān-e sost-nehād
ke īn ʿajūz, ʿarūs-e hezārdāmād ast
neshān-e ʿahd o vafā nīst dar tabassom-e gol
benāl bolbol-e bī-del ke jāy-e faryād ast
ḥasad che mībarī ey sost-naẓm bar Ḥāfeẓ?
qabūl-e khāṭer o loṭf-e sokhan khodādād ast
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.