Ghazal 410 (غزل ۴۱۰) · Divan of Hafez
ای قبای پادشاهی راست بر بالای تو
ey qabā-ye pādeshāhī rāst bar bālā-ye to
zīnat-e tāj o negīn az gowhar-e vālā-ye to
āftāb-e fatḥ rā har dam ṭolūʿī mī-dahad
az kolāh-e khosrovī rokhsār-e mah-sīmā-ye to
jelve-gāh-e ṭāyer-e eqbāl bāshad har kojā
sāye andāzad homā-ye chatr-e gardūn-sāy-e to
az rosūm-e sharʿ o ḥekmat bā hezārān ekhtelāf
nokte-ī hargez nashod fowt az del-e dānā-ye to
āb-e ḥeyvānash ze menqār-e balāghat mī-chekad
ṭūṭī-ye khosh-lahje yaʿnī kelk-e shakkarkhā-ye to
gar che khorshīd-e falak chashm o cherāgh-e ʿālam ast
rowshanāyī-bakhsh-e chashm-e ūst khāk-e pā-ye to
ān che Eskandar ṭalab kard o nadādash rūzgār
jorʿe-ī būd az zolāl-e jām-e jān-afzā-ye to
ʿarż-e ḥājat dar ḥarīm-e ḥażratat moḥtāj nīst
rāz-e kas makhfī namānad bā forūgh-e rāy-e to
khosrovā pīrāne-sar Ḥāfeẓ javānī mī-konad
bar omīd-e ʿafv-e jān-bakhsh-e gonah-farsāy-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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.