Ghazal 417 (غزل ۴۱۷) · Divan of Hafez
عیشم مدام است، از لعل دلخواه
ʿeysham modām ast az laʿl-e delkhāh
kāram be kām ast alḥamdolellāh
ey bakht-e sarkash tangash be bar kash
gah jām-e zarkash gah laʿl-e delkhāh
mā rā be rendī afsāne kardand
pīrān-e jāhel sheykhān-e gomrāh
az dast-e zāhed kardīm towbe
v-az feʿl-e ʿābed astaghferollāh
jānā che gūyam sharḥ-e ferāqat
chashmī o ṣad nam jānī o ṣad āh
kāfer mabīnād īn gham ke dīdest
az qāmatat sarv az ʿāreżat māh
showq-e labat bord az yād-e Ḥāfeẓ
dars-e shabāne verd-e saḥargāh
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.