Ghazal 387 (غزل ۳۸۷) · Divan of Hafez
شاه شمشادقدان، خسرو شیریندهنان
shāh-e shemshād-qadān, khosrow-e shīrīn-dahanān
ke be mozhgān shekanad qalb-e hame ṣaf-shekanān
mast bogzasht o naẓar bar man-e darvīsh andākht
goft: ey chashm o cherāgh-e hame shīrīn-sokhanān
tā key az sīm o zarat kīse tohī khāhad būd?
bande-ye man show o bar-khor ze hame sīm-tanān
kamtar az zarre na-ī, past masho, mehr bevarz
tā be khalvatgah-e khorshīd resī charkh-zanān
bar jahān tekye makon v-ar qadaḥī mey dārī
shādī-ye zohre-jabīnān khor o nāzok-badanān
pīr-e peymāne-kash-e man ke ravānash khosh bād
goft: parhīz kon az ṣoḥbat-e peymān-shekanān
dāman-e dūst be dast ār o ze doshman begsel
mard-e yazdān show o fāregh gozar az ahremanān
bā ṣabā dar chaman-e lāle saḥar mī-goftam
ke shahīdān-e ke-and īn hame khūnīn-kafanān
goft: Ḥāfeẓ! man o to maḥram-e īn rāz na-īm
az mey-e laʿl ḥekāyat kon o shīrīn-dahanān
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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