Ghazal 408 (غزل ۴۰۸) · Divan of Hafez
ای آفتاب آینه دار جمال تو
ey āftāb āyene-dār-e jamāl-e to
moshk-e sīyāh majmare-gardān-e khāl-e to
ṣaḥn-e sarā-ye dīde beshostam valī che sūd
k-īn gūshe nīst darkhor-e kheyl-e khayāl-e to
dar owj-e nāz o neʿmatī ey pādeshāh-e ḥosn
yā rab mabād tā be qīyāmat zavāl-e to
maṭbūʿtar ze naqsh-e to ṣūrat nabast bāz
ṭoghrānevīs-e abrū-ye moshkīn mesāl-e to
dar chīn-e zolfash ey del-e meskīn chegūne-ī
k-āshofte goft bād-e ṣabā sharḥ-e ḥāl-e to
barkhāst būy-e gol ze dar āshtī darāy
ey nowbahār-e mā rokh-e farkhonde fāl-e to
tā āsmān ze ḥalqe be gūshān-e mā shavad
kū ʿeshve-ī ze abrū-ye hamchūn helāl-e to
tā pīsh-e bakht bāzravam tahnīyat konān
kū mozhde-ī ze maqdam-e ʿīd-e veṣāl-e to
īn noqte-ye sīyāh ke āmad madār-e nūr
ʿaksī-st dar ḥadīqe-ye bīnesh ze khāl-e to
dar pīsh-e shāh ʿarż-e kodāmīn jafā konam
sharḥ-e nīyāzmandī-ye khod yā malāl-e to
Ḥāfeẓ dar īn kamand sar-e sarkeshān basī-st
sowdā-ye kaj mapaz ke nabāshad majāl-e to
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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