Ghazal 370 (غزل ۳۷۰) · Divan of Hafez
صَلاح از ما چه میجویی؟ که مستان را صَلا گفتیم
ṣalāḥ az mā che mī-jūyī? ke mastān rā ṣalā goftīm
be dowr-e narges-e mastat salāmat rā doʿā goftīm
dar-e meykhāne-am bogshā ke hīch az khāneqah nagshūd
garat bāvar bovad var na sokhan īn būd o mā goftīm
man az chashm-e to ey sāqī kharāb oftāde-am līkan
balāyī k-az ḥabīb āyad hezārash marḥabā goftīm
agar bar man na-bakhshāyī pashīmānī khorī ākher
be khāṭer dār īn maʿnī ke dar khedmat kojā goftīm
qadat goftam ke shemshād ast; bas khejlat be bār āvard
ke īn nesbat cherā kardīm o īn bohtān cherā goftīm
jegar chon nāfe-am khūn gasht kam zīnam nemī-bāyad
jazā-ye ān ke bā zolfat sokhan az chīn-e khaṭā goftīm
to ātash gashtī ey ḥāfeẓ valī bā yār dar-na-gereft
ze bad-ʿahdī-ye gol gūyī ḥekāyat bā ṣabā goftīm
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.