Ghazal 407 (غزل ۴۰۷) · Divan of Hafez
مزرعِ سبزِ فلک دیدم و داسِ مه نو
mazraʿ-e sabz-e falak dīdam o dās-e mah-e now
yādam az keshte-ye khvīsh āmad o hangām-e derow
goftam ey bakht bekhoftīdī o khorshīd damīd
goft bā īn hame az sābeqe nowmīd mashow
gar ravī pāk o mojarrad cho Masīḥā be falak
az cherāgh-e to be khorshīd resad ṣad partow
tekye bar akhtar-e shab-dozd makon k-īn ʿayyār
tāj-e Kāvūs bebord o kamar-e Keykhosrow
gūshvār-e zar o laʿl ar che gerān dārad gūsh
dowr-e khūbī gozarān ast naṣīḥat beshnow
chashm-e bad dūr ze khāl-e to ke dar ʿarṣe-ye ḥosn
beydaqī rānd ke bord az mah o khorshīd gerow
āsmān gū mafrūsh īn ʿaẓamat k-andar ʿeshq
kharman-e mah be jovī khūshe-ye parvīn be do jow
ātash-e zohd o rīyā kharman-e dīn khvāhad sūkht
Ḥāfeẓ īn kherqe-ye pashmīne bayandāz o borow
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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