Ghazal 416 (غزل ۴۱۶) · Divan of Hafez
خنک نسیم معنبر شمامهای دلخواه
khonak nasīm-e moʿanbar shamāmaʾī delkhāh
ke dar havā-ye to barkhāst bāmdād-e pagāh
dalīl-e rāh show ey ṭāyer-e khojaste-leqā
ke dīde āb shod az showq-e khāk-e ān dargāh
be yād-e shakhṣ-e nazāram ke gharq-e khūn-e del ast
helāl rā ze kenār-e ofoq konīd negāh
manam ke bī to nafas mīkesham zehī khejlat
magar to ʿafv konī var na chīst ʿozr-e gonāh
ze dūstān-e to āmūkht dar ṭarīqat mehr
sepīde dam ke ṣabā chāk zad sheʿār-e sīāh
be ʿeshq-e rū-ye to rūzī ke az jahān beravam
ze torbatam bedamad sorkh-gol be jā-ye gīāh
madeh be khāter-e nāzok malālat az man zūd
ke Ḥāfeẓ to khod īn laḥẓe goft besmellāh
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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