Ghazal 379 (غزل ۳۷۹) · Divan of Hafez
سرم خوش است و به بانگ بلند میگویم
sar-am khvosh ast o be bāng-e boland mī-gūyam
ke man nasīm-e ḥayāt az piyāle mī-jūyam
ʿobūs-e zohd be vajh-e khomār nanshīnad
morīd-e kherqe-ye dordī-keshān khvosh-khūyam
shodam fasāne be sargashtegī o abrū-ye dūst
keshīd dar kham-e chowgān-e khvīsh chūn gūyam
gar-am na pīr-e moghān dar be rūy bogshāyad
kodām dar bezanam chāre az kojā jūyam
makon dar īn chaman-am sarzanesh be khvod-rūyī
chenān ke parvaresh-am mī-dehand mī-rūyam
to khānaqāh o kharābāt dar miyāne mabīn
khodā govāh ke har jā ke hast bā ūyam
ghobār-e rāh-e ṭalab kīmiyā-ye behrūzīst
gholām-e dowlat-e ān khāk-e ʿanbarīn-būyam
ze showq-e narges-e mast-e boland-bālāyī
cho lāle bā qadaḥ oftāde bar lab-e jūyam
biyār mey ke be fatvā-ye Ḥāfeẓ az del-e pāk
ghobār-e zarq be feyż-e qadaḥ foru-shūyam
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.