Ghazal 397 (غزل ۳۹۷) · Divan of Hafez
ز در در آ و شبستان ما منور کن
ze dar dar ā o shabestān-e mā monavvar kon
havā-ye majles-e rūḥāniyān moʿaṭṭar kon
agar faqīh naṣīḥat konad ke ʿeshq mabāz
piyāle-ī bedahash gū damāgh rā tar kon
be chashm o abrū-ye jānān seporde-am del o jān
biyā biyā o tamāshā-ye ṭāq o manẓar kon
setāre-ye shab-e hejrān nemī-feshānad nūr
be bām-e qaṣr bar-ā o cherāgh-e mah bar kon
begū be khāzen-e jannat ke khāk-e īn majles
be toḥfe bar sū-ye ferdows o ʿūd mejmar kon
az īn mozavvaje o kherqe nīk dar tangam
be yek kereshme ṣūfī-vasham qalandar kon
cho shāhedān-e chaman zīr-dast-e ḥosn-e to-and
kereshme bar saman o jelve bar ṣanowbar kon
fożūl-e nafs ḥekāyat basī konad sāqī
to kār-e khod madeh az dast o mey be sāghar kon
ḥejāb-e dīde-ye edrāk shod shoʿāʿ-e jamāl
biyā o khargah-e khorshīd rā monavvar kon
ṭamaʿ be qand-e veṣāl-e to ḥadd-e mā nabovad
ḥavālatam be lab-e laʿl-e hamcho shekar kon
lab-e piyāle bebūs āngahī be mastān deh
bedīn daqīqe damāgh-e moʿāsherān tar kon
pas az molāzemat-e ʿeysh o ʿeshq-e mah-rūyān
ze kār-hā ke konī sheʿr-e Ḥāfeẓ az bar 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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