Ghazal 418 (غزل ۴۱۸) · Divan of Hafez
گر تیغ بارد در کوی آن ماه
gar tīgh bārad dar kū-ye ān māh
gardan nahādīm al-ḥokmo lellāh
āyīn-e taqvā mā nīz dānīm
līkan che chāre bā bakht-e gomrāh
mā sheykh o vāʿeẓ kamtar shenāsīm
yā jām-e bāde yā qeṣṣe kūtāh
man rend o ʿāsheq dar mowsem-e gol
ān gāh towbe astaghferollāh
mehr-e to ʿaksī bar mā nayafkand
āyīne-rūyā āh az delat āh
aṣ-ṣabro morron wa-l-ʿomro fānin
yā layta sheʿrī ḥattāma alqāh
Ḥāfeẓ che nālī gar vaṣl khāhī
khūn bāyadat khord dar gāh o bī-gāh
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.