Ghazal 406 (غزل ۴۰۶) · Divan of Hafez
گفتا برون شدی به تماشای ماهِ نو
goftā borūn shodī be tamāshā-ye māh-e now
az māh-e abrovān-e manat sharm bād row
ʿomrī-st tā delat ze asīrān-e zolf-e māst
ghāfel ze ḥefẓ-e jāneb-e yārān-e khod mashow
mafrūsh ʿaṭr-e ʿaql be hendū-ye zolf-e mā
k-ān-jā hezār nāfe-ye moshkīn be nīm-jow
tokhm-e vafā o mehr dar īn kohne keshte-zār
ān-gah ʿayān shavad ke bovad mowsem-e derow
sāqī biyār bāde ke ramzī begūyamat
az serr-e akhtarān-e kohan-seyr o māh-e now
shakl-e helāl-e har sar-e mah mī-dahad neshān
az afsar-e Sīyāmak o tork-e kolāh-e Zow
Ḥāfeẓ janāb-e pīr-e moghān maʾman-e vafāst
dars-e ḥadīs-e ʿeshq bar ū khvān o zow shenow
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.