Ghazal 394 (غزل ۳۹۴) · Divan of Hafez
ای روی ماهمنظر تو نوبهار حُسن
ey rūy-e māh-manẓar-e to nowbahār-e ḥosn
khāl o khaṭ-e to markaz-e ḥosn o madār-e ḥosn
dar chashm-e por-khomār-e to penhān fosūn-e seḥr
dar zolf-e bī-qarār-e to peydā qarār-e ḥosn
māhī natāft hamcho to az borj-e nīkūyī
sarvī nakhāst chon qadat az jūybār-e ḥosn
khorram shod az malāḥat-e to ʿahd-e delbarī
farrokh shod az laṭāfat-e to rūzgār-e ḥosn
az dām-e zolf o dāne-ye khāl-e to dar jahān
yek morgh-e del namānd nagashte shekār-e ḥosn
dāʾem be loṭf-e dāye-ye ṭabʿ az miyān-e jān
mī-parvarad be nāz, to rā dar kenār-e ḥosn
gerd-e labat banafshe az ān tāze o tar ast
k-āb-e ḥayāt mī-khorad az jūybār-e ḥosn
Ḥāfeẓ ṭamaʿ borīd ke bīnad naẓīr-e to
dayyār nīst joz rokhat andar diyār-e ḥosn
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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