Ghazal 381 (غزل ۳۸۱) · Divan of Hafez
گرچه ما بندگان پادشهیم
gar che mā bandegān-e pādshahīm
pādshāhān-e molk-e ṣobḥgahīm
ganj dar āstīn o kīse tohī
jām-e gītī-nemā o khāk-e rahīm
hūshyār-e ḥożūr o mast-e ghorūr
baḥr-e towḥīd o gharqe-ye gonahīm
shāhed-e bakht chūn kereshme konad
mā-sh āyene rokh cho mahīm
shāh-e bīdār-bakht rā har shab
mā negahbān-e afsar o kolahīm
gū ghanīmat shomār ṣoḥbat-e mā
ke to dar khvāb o mā be dīde gahīm
shāh Manṣūr vāqef ast ke mā
rūy-e hemmat be har kojā ke nahīm
doshmanān rā ze khūn kafan sāzīm
dūstān rā qabā-ye fatḥ dahīm
rang-e tazvīr pīsh-e mā nabovad
shīr-e sorkhīm o afʿī-ye siyahīm
vām-e Ḥāfeẓ begū ke bāz-dehand
karde-ī eʿterāf o mā govahīm
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.