Ghazal 395 (غزل ۳۹۵) · Divan of Hafez
گُلبرگ را ز سُنْبُلِ مُشکین، نِقاب کُن
golbarg rā ze sonbol-e moshkīn, neqāb kon
yaʿnī ke rokh bepūsh o jahānī, kharāb kon
befshān ʿaraq ze chehre o aṭrāf-e bāgh rā
chon shīshe-hā-ye dīde-ye mā por-golāb kon
ayyām-e gol, cho ʿomr be raftan shetāb kard
sāqī be dowr-e bāde-ye golgūn, shetāb kon
bogshā be shīve, narges-e por-khāb-e mast rā
v-az rashk, chashm-e narges-e raʿnā be khāb kon
būy-e banafshe beshnow o zolf-e negār gīr
bengar be rang-e lāle o ʿazm-e sharāb kon
z-ān jā ke rasm o ʿādat-e ʿāsheq-koshī tost
bā doshmanān, qadaḥ kash o bā mā ʿetāb kon
hamchon ḥobāb, dīde be rūy-e qadaḥ goshāy
v-īn khāne rā qiyās-e asās az ḥobāb kon
Ḥāfeẓ veṣāl mī-ṭalabad az rah-e doʿā
yā rab! doʿā-ye khaste-delān, mostajāb kon
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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