Ghazal 412 (غزل ۴۱۲) · Divan of Hafez
مرا چشمیست خونافشان ز دست آن کمانابرو
marā chashmī-st khūn-afshān ze dast-e ān kamān-abrū
jahān bas fetne khvāhad dīd az ān chashm o az ān abrū
gholām-e chashm-e ān torkam ke dar khvāb-e khosh-e mastī
negārīn golshanash rūy ast o moshkīn sāyebān abrū
helālī shod tanam z-īn gham ke bā ṭoghrā-ye abrūyash
ke bāshad mah ke benmāyad ze ṭāq-e āsmān abrū
raqībān ghāfel o mā rā az ān chashm o jabīn har dam
hezārān gūne peyghām ast o ḥājeb dar mīyān, abrū
ravān-e gūshe-gīrān rā jabīnash ṭorfe golzārī-st
ke bar ṭarf-e saman-zārash hamī gardad chamān abrū
degar ḥūr o parī rā kas nagūyad bā chenīn ḥosnī
ke īn rā īn chenīn chashm ast o ān rā ān chenān abrū
to kāfer-del nemī-bandī neqāb-e zolf o mī-tarsam
ke meḥrābam begardānad kham-e ān del-setān abrū
agar che morgh-e zīrak būd Ḥāfeẓ dar havādārī
be tīr-e ghamze ṣeydash kard chashm-e ān kamān-abrū
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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