Ghazal 398 (غزل ۳۹۸) · Divan of Hafez
ای نور چشم من سخنی هست گوش کن
ey nūr-e chashm-e man sokhanī hast gūsh kon
chon sāgharat por ast benūshān o nūsh kon
dar rāh-e ʿeshq vasvase-ye ahreman basī-st
pīsh āy o gūsh-e del be payām-e sorūsh kon
barg-e navā tabah shod o sāz-e ṭarab namānd
ey chang nāle bar-kesh o ey daf khorūsh kon
tasbīḥ o kherqe lazzat-e mastī nabakhshadat
hemmat dar īn ʿamal ṭalab az mey-forūsh kon
pīrān sokhan ze tajrobe gūyand goftamat
hān ey pesar ke pīr shavī pand gūsh kon
bar hūshmand selsele nanhād dast-e ʿeshq
khāhī ke zolf-e yār keshī tark-e hūsh kon
bā dūstān możāyeqe dar ʿomr o māl nīst
ṣad jān fadā-ye yār naṣīḥat niyūsh kon
sāqī ke jāmat az mey-e ṣāfī tohī mabād
chashm-e ʿenāyatī be man-e dord-nūsh kon
sar-mast dar qabā-ye zar-afshān cho bogzarī
yek būse nazr-e Ḥāfeẓ-e pashmīne-pūsh 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.