Ghazal 40 (غزل ۴۰) · Divan of Hafez
اَلْمِنَّةُ لِلَّه که درِ میکده، باز است
al-mennato lellāh ke dar-e meykade, bāz ast
z-ān rū ke marā bar dar-e ū, rūy-e niyāz ast
khom-hā, hame dar jūsh o khorūsh-and ze mastī
v-ān mey ke dar ān-jāst, ḥaqīqat, na majāz ast
az vey, hame, mastī o ghorūr ast o takabbor
vaz mā hame bīchāregī o ʿajz o niyāz ast
rāzī ke bar-e gheyr nagoftīm o nagūyīm
bā dūst begūyīm ke ū maḥram-e rāz ast
sharḥ-e shekan-e zolf-e kham andar kham-e jānān
kūtah natavān kard ke īn qeṣṣe, derāz ast
bār-e del-e Majnūn o kham-e ṭorre-ye Leylī
rokhsāre-ye Maḥmūd o kaf-e pāy-e Ayāz ast
bardūkhte-am dīde cho bāz az hame ʿālam
tā dīde-ye man bar rokh-e zībā-ye to, bāz ast
dar kaʿbe-ye kūy-e to, har ān-kas ke biyāyad
az qeble-ye abrū-ye to dar ʿeyn-e namāz ast
ey majlesiyān, sūz-e del-e «Ḥāfeẓ»-e meskīn
az shamʿ beporsīd ke dar sūz o godāz ast
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.