Ghazal 425 (غزل ۴۲۵) · Divan of Hafez
دامنکشان همی شد در شرب زرکشیده
dāman-keshān hamī shod dar shorb-e zarkashīde
ṣad māhrū ze rashkash jeyb-e qaṣab darīde
az tāb-e ātash-e mey bar gerd-e ʿāreżash khoy
chon qaṭre-hā-ye shabnam bar barg-e gol chekīde
lafẓī faṣīḥ shīrīn qaddī boland chābok
rūyī laṭīf zībā chashmī khosh keshīde
yāqūt-e jān-fazāyash az āb-e loṭf zāde
shemshād-e khosh-kherāmash dar nāz parvarīde
ān laʿl-e delkashash bīn v-ān khande-ye del-āshūb
v-ān raftan-e khoshash bīn v-ān gām-e ārmīde
ān āhū-ye sīah-chashm az dām-e mā borūn shod
yārān che chāre sāzam bā īn del-e ramīde
zenhār tā tavānī ahl-e naẓar mīāzār
donyā vafā nadārad ey nūr-e har do dīde
tā key kesham ʿotībat az chashm-e delfarībat
rūzī kerashmeʾī kon ey yār-e bargozīde
gar khāter-e sharīfat ranjīde shod ze Ḥāfeẓ
bāzā ke towbe kardīm az gofte o shanīde
bas shokr bāzgūyam dar bandegī-ye khwāje
gar ūftad be dastam ān mīve-ye rasīde
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.