Ghazal 404 (غزل ۴۰۴) · Divan of Hafez
میفکن بر صف رندان نظری بهتر از این
mī-fakan bar ṣaff-e rendān naẓarī behtar az īn
bar dar-e meykade mī-kon gozarī behtar az īn
dar ḥaqq-e man labat īn loṭf ke mī-farmāyad
sakht khūb ast valīken qadarī behtar az īn
ān ke fekrash gereh az kār-e jahān bogshāyad
gū dar īn kār befarmā, naẓarī behtar az īn
nāṣeḥam goft ke joz gham che honar dārad ʿeshq
borow ey khvāje-ye ʿāqel honarī behtar az īn
del bedān rūd-e gerāmī che konam gar nadeham
mādar-e dahr nadārad pesarī behtar az īn
man cho gūyam ke qadaḥ nūsh o lab-e sāqī būs
beshnow az man ke nagūyad degarī behtar az īn
kelk-e Ḥāfeẓ shekarīn mīve nabātī-st, bechīn
ke dar īn bāgh nabīnī samarī behtar az īn
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.