Ghazal 4 (غزل ۴) · Divan of Hafez
صبا به لُطف بگو آن غزالِ رَعنا را
ṣabā be loṭf begū ān ghazāl-e raʿnā rā
ke sar be kūh o bīyābān to dāde-ī mā rā
shekarforūsh ke ʿomrash derāz bād cherā
tafaqqodī nakonad ṭūṭī-ye shekarkhā rā
ghorūr-e ḥosnat ejāzat magar nadād ey gol
ke porseshī nakonī ʿandalīb-e sheydā rā
be kholq o loṭf tavān kard ṣeyd-e ahl-e naẓar
be band o dām nagīrand morgh-e dānā rā
nadānam az che sabab rang-e āshnāyī nīst
sahīqadān-e sīyahchashm-e māhsīmā rā
cho bā ḥabīb neshīnī o bāde peymāyī
be yād dār moḥebbān-e bādpeymā rā
joz īn qadar natvān goft dar jamāl-e to ʿeyb
ke vażʿ-e mehr o vafā nīst rūy-e zībā rā
dar āsmān na ʿajab gar be gofte-ye Ḥāfeẓ
sorūd-e Zohre be raqṣ āvarad Masīḥā rā
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.