Ghazal 423 (غزل ۴۲۳) · Divan of Hafez
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dūsh raftam be dar-e meykade khāb-ālūde
kherqe tar dāman o sajjāde sharāb-ālūde
āmad afsūs-konān moghbache-ye bāde-forūsh
goft bīdār show ey rahrov-e khāb-ālūde
shost o shūyī kon o āngah be kharābāt kherām
tā nagardad ze to īn deyr kharāb ālūde
be havā-ye lab-e shīrīn-pesarān chand konī
jowhar-e rūḥ be yāqūt-e mozāb ālūde
be ṭahārat gozarān manzel-e pīrī o makon
khalʿat-e sheyb cho tashrīf-e shabāb ālūde
pāk o ṣāfī show o az chāh-e ṭabīʿat be dar āy
ke ṣafāyī nadehad āb-e torāb-ālūde
goftam ey jān-e jahān daftar-e gol ʿeybī nīst
ke shavad faṣl-e bahār az mey-e nāb ālūde
āshenāyān-e rah-e ʿeshq dar īn baḥr-e ʿamīq
gharqe gashtand o nagashtand be āb ālūde
goft Ḥāfeẓ loghaz o nokte be yārān mafrūsh
āh az īn loṭf be anvāʿ-e ʿetāb ālūde
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.