Ghazal 376 (غزل ۳۷۶) · Divan of Hafez
دوستان وقت گل آن به که به عشرت کوشیم
dūstān vaqt-e gol ān beh ke be ʿeshrat kūshīm
sokhan-e ahl-e del ast īn o be jān benyūshīm
nīst dar kas karam o vaqt-e ṭarab mī-gozarad
chāre ān ast ke sajjāde be mey beforūshīm
khvosh havāyīst faraḥ-bakhsh khodāyā beferest
nāzanīnī ke be rūy-ash mey-e golgūn nūshīm
arghanūn-sāz-e falak rah-zan-e ahl-e honar ast
chūn az īn ghoṣṣe nanālīm o cherā nakhorūshīm
gol be jūsh āmad o az mey nazadīm-ash ābī
lājaram z-ātash-e ḥermān o havas mī-jūshīm
mī-keshīm az qadaḥ-e lāle sharābī mowhūm
chashm-e bad dūr ke bī-moṭreb o mey madhūshīm
Ḥāfeẓ īn ḥāl-e ʿajab bā ke tavān goft ke mā
bolbolānīm ke dar mowsem-e gol khāmūshīm
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.