Ghazal 421 (غزل ۴۲۱) · Divan of Hafez
درِ سرایِ مغان رُفته بود و آبزده
dar-e sarā-ye moghān rofte būd o āb-zade
neshaste pīr o ṣalāyī be sheykh o shāb zade
sabūkashān hame dar bandegīsh baste kamar
valī ze tark-e kolah chatr bar saḥāb zade
shoʿāʿ-e jām o qadaḥ nūr-e māh pūshīde
ʿezār-e mogh-bachegān rāh-e āftāb zade
ʿarūs-e bakht dar ān ḥejle bā hezārān nāz
shekaste kasme o bar barg-e gol golāb zade
gerefte sāghar-e ʿeshrat fereshte-ye raḥmat
ze jorʿe bar rokh-e ḥūr o parī golāb zade
ze shūr o ʿarbade-ye shāhedān-e shīrīn-kār
shekar shekaste saman rīkhte rabāb zade
salām kardam o bā man be rū-ye khandān goft
ke ey khomārkash-e mofles-e sharāb-zade
ke īn konad ke to kardī be żaʿf-e hemmat o rāy
ze ganj-khāne shode kheyme bar kharāb zade
vaṣāl-e dowlat-e bīdār tarsamat nadehand
ke khofteʾī to dar āghūsh-e bakht-e khāb-zade
bīā be meykade Ḥāfeẓ ke bar to ʿarże konam
hezār ṣaf ze doʿāhā-ye mostajāb zade
falak janībe-kash-e shāh naṣrat-od-dīn ast
bīā bebīn malakash dast dar rekāb zade
kherad ke molhem-e gheyb ast bahr-e kasb-e sharaf
ze bām-e ʿarsh ṣadash būse bar janāb zade
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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