Ghazal 403 (غزل ۴۰۳) · Divan of Hafez
شراب لعلکش و روی مهجبینان بین
sharāb-e laʿl-kash o rūy-e mah-jabīnān bīn
khelāf-e mazhab-e ānān jamāl-e īnān bīn
be zīr-e dalq-e molammaʿ kamand-hā dārand
derāzdastī-ye īn kūteh-āstīnān bīn
be kharman-e do jahān sar forū-nemī-ārand
demāgh o kebr-e gadāyān o khūshe-chīnān bīn
bahā-ye nīm kereshme hezār jān ṭalaband
nīyāz-e ahl-e del o nāz-e nāzanīnān bīn
ḥoqūq-e ṣoḥbat-e mā rā be bād dād o beraft
vafā-ye ṣoḥbat-e yārān o hamneshīnān bīn
asīr-e ʿeshq shodan chāre-ye khalāṣ-e man ast
żamīr-e ʿāqebat-andīsh-e pīsh-bīnān bīn
kodūrat az del-e Ḥāfeẓ bebord ṣoḥbat-e dūst
ṣafā-ye hemmat-e pākān o pāk-dīnān bīn
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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