Ghazal 419 (غزل ۴۱۹) · Divan of Hafez
وصال او ز عمر جاودان به
vaṣāl-e ū ze ʿomr-e jāvedān beh
khodāvandā marā ān deh ke ān beh
be shamshīram zad o bā kas nagoftam
ke rāz-e dūst az doshman nahān beh
be dāgh-e bandegī mordan bar īn dar
be jān-e ū ke az molk-e jahān beh
khodā rā az ṭabīb-e man beporsīd
ke ākher key shavad īn nātavān beh
golī k-ān pāymāl-e sarv-e mā gasht
bovad khākash ze khūn-e arghavān beh
be kholdam daʿvat ey zāhed mafarmā
ke īn sīb-e zanakh z-ān būstān beh
delā dāyem gadā-ye kū-ye ū bāsh
be ḥokm-e ān ke dowlat jāvedān beh
javānā sar matāb az pand-e pīrān
ke rāy-e pīr az bakht-e javān beh
shabī mīgoft chashm-e kas nadīdest
ze morvārīd-e gūsham dar jahān beh
agarche zende-rūd āb-e ḥayāt ast
valī Shīrāz-e mā az Eṣfahān beh
sokhan andar dahān-e dūst shakkar
valīkan gofte-ye Ḥāfeẓ az ān beh
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.