Ghazal 371 (غزل ۳۷۱) · Divan of Hafez
ما درس سحر در ره میخانه نهادیم
mā dars-e saḥar dar rah-e meykhāne nahādīm
maḥṣūl-e doʿā dar rah-e jānāne nahādīm
dar kharman-e ṣad zāhed-e ʿāqel zanad ātash
īn dāgh ke mā bar del-e dīvāne nahādīm
solṭān-e azal ganj-e gham-e ʿeshq be mā dād
tā rūy dar īn manzel-e vīrāne nahādīm
dar del nadeham rah pas az īn mehr-e botān rā
mehr-e lab-e ū bar dar-e īn khāne nahādīm
dar kherqe az īn bīsh monāfeq natavān būd
bonyād az īn shīve-ye rendāne nahādīm
chūn mī-ravad īn kashtī-ye sargashte ke ākhar
jān dar sar-e ān gowhar-e yek dāne nahādīm
al-mennato lellāh ke cho mā bī-del o dīn būd
ān rā ke laqab ʿāqel o farzāne nahādīm
qāneʿ be khayālī ze to būdīm cho Ḥāfeẓ
yā rab che gadā-hemmat o bīgāne nahādīm
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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