Ghazal 41 (غزل ۴۱) · Divan of Hafez
اگر چه باده فَرَح بخش و باد گُلبیز است
agar che bāde faraḥ-bakhsh o bād gol-bīz ast
be-bāng-e chang makhor mey ke moḥtaseb tīz ast
ṣorāḥī-ī o ḥarīfī garat be-chang oftad
be-ʿaql nūsh ke ayyām fetne-angīz ast
dar āstīn-e moraqqaʿ piyāle penhān kon
ke hamcho chashm-e ṣorāḥī zamāne khūn-rīz ast
be-āb-e dīde beshūyīm kherqe-hā az mey
ke mowsem-e varaʿ o rūzgār-e parhīz ast
majūy ʿeysh-e khosh az dowr-e bāzhgūn-e sepehr
ke ṣāf-e īn sar-e khom jomle dordī-āmīz ast
sepehr bar-shode parvīzanī-st khūn-afshān
ke rīze-ash sar-e kasrā o tāj-e parvīz ast
ʿerāq o fārs gereftī be-sheʿr-e khosh Ḥāfeẓ
biyā ke nowbat-e baghdād o vaqt-e tabrīz ast
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.