Ghazal 386 (غزل ۳۸۶) · Divan of Hafez
خدا را کم نشین با خرقه پوشان
Khodā rā kam neshīn bā kherqe-pūshān
rokh az rendān-e bī-sāmān mapūshān
dar īn kherqe basī ālūdegī hast
khoshā vaqt-e qabā-ye mey-forūshān
dar īn ṣūfī-veshān dordī nadīdam
ke ṣāfī bād ʿeysh-e dord-nūshān
to nāzok-ṭabʿī o ṭāqat nayārī
gerānī-hā-ye moshtī delq-pūshān
cho mastam karde-ī mastūr maneshīn
cho nūsham dāde-ī zahram manūshān
biyā v-az ghabn-e īn sālūsiyān bīn
ṣorāḥī khūn-e del o barbaṭ khorūshān
ze del-garmī-ye Ḥāfeẓ bar ḥazar bāsh
ke dārad sīne-ī chon dīg-e jūshān
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.