Ghazal 430 (غزل ۴۳۰) · Divan of Hafez
به صوتِ بُلبُل و قُمری اگر نَنوشی مِی
be ṣowt-e bolbol o qomrī agar nanūshī mey
ʿelāj key konamat ākhar-od-davāʾ al-key
zakhīreʾī beneh az rang o bū-ye faṣl-e bahār
ke mīresand ze pey rahzanān-e bahman o dey
cho gol neqāb barafkand o morgh zad hū-hū
maneh ze dast pīāle che mīkonī hey-hey
shokūh-e salṭanat o ḥosn key sobātī dād
ze takht-e jam sokhanī mānde ast o afsar-e key
khazīne-dārī-ye mīrās-khvāregān kofr ast
be qowl-e moṭreb o sāqī be fatvā-ye daf o ney
zamāne hīch nabakhshad ke bāz nastānad
majū ze sefle morovvat ke shīʾahū lā shey
neveshteʾand bar eyvān-e jannat-ol-māvā
ke har ke ʿeshve-ye donyā kharīd vāy be vey
sakhā namānd sokhan ṭey konam sharāb kojāst
bedeh be shādī-ye rūḥ o ravān-e ḥātam-e ṭayy
bakhīl bū-ye khodā nashnavad bīā Ḥāfeẓ
pīāle gīr o karam varz o aż-żamāno ʿalayy
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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