Ghazal 414 (غزل ۴۱۴) · Divan of Hafez
گلبن عیش میدمد ساقی گلعذار کو؟
golbon-e ʿeysh mī-damad sāqī gol-ʿezār kū?
bād-e bahār mī-vazad bāde-ye khosh-govār kū?
har gol-e now ze gol-rokhī yād hamī konad valī
gūsh-e sokhan-shenow kojā? dīde-ye eʿtebār kū?
majles-e bazm-e ʿeysh rā ghālīye-ye morād nīst
ey dam-e ṣobḥ-e khosh-nafas nāfe-ye zolf-e yār kū?
ḥosn-forūshī-ye golam nīst taḥammol ey ṣabā
dast zadam be khūn-e del bahr-e khodā negār kū?
shamʿ-e saḥargahī agar lāf ze ʿārez-e to zad
khaṣm-e zabān derāz shod khanjar-e ābdār kū?
goft «magar ze laʿl-e man būse nadārī ārezū?»
mordam az īn havas valī qodrat o ekhtīyār kū?
Ḥāfeẓ agar che dar sokhan khāzen-e ganj-e ḥekmat ast
az gham-e rūzgār-e dūn, ṭabʿ-e sokhan-gozār kū?
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.