Ghazal 390 (غزل ۳۹۰) · Divan of Hafez
افسر سلطان گل پیدا شد از طرف چمن
afsar-e solṭān-e gol peydā shod az ṭarf-e chaman
maqdamash yā rab mobārak bād bar sarv o saman
khosh be jā-ye khīshtan būd īn neshast-e khosravī
tā neshīnad har kasī aknūn be jā-ye khīshtan
khātam-e Jam rā beshārat deh be ḥosn-e khātemat
k-asm-e aʿẓam kard az ū kūtāh dast-e ahreman
tā abad maʿmūr bād īn khāne k-az khāk-e darash
har nafas bā būy-e raḥmān mī-vazad bād-e yaman
showkat-e pūr-e Pashang o tīgh-e ʿālamgīr-e ū
dar hame Shahnāme-hā shod dāstān-e anjoman
khang-e chowgānī-ye charkhat rām shod dar zīr-e zīn
shahsavārā chon be meydān āmadī gūyī bezan
jūybār-e molk rā āb-e ravān shamshīr-e tost
to derakht-e ʿadl benshān bīkh-e bad-khāhān bekan
baʿd az īn nashgeft agar bā nakhat-e kholq-e khoshat
khīzad az ṣaḥrā-ye Īzaj nāfe-ye moshk-e Khotan
gūshe-gīrān enteẓār-e jelve-ye khosh mī-konand
bar-shekan ṭarf-e kolāh o borqaʿ az rokh bar-fekan
mashverat bā ʿaql kardam goft Ḥāfeẓ mey benūsh
sāqiyā mey deh be qowl-e mostashār-e moʾtaman
ey ṣabā bar sāqī-ye bazm-e atābak ʿarże dār
tā az ān jām-e zar-afshān jorʿe-ī bakhshad be man
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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