Ghazal 432 (غزل ۴۳۲) · Divan of Hafez
مخمور جام عشقم، ساقی بده شرابی
makhmūr-e jām-e ʿeshqam sāqī bedeh sharābī
por kon qadaḥ ke bī mey majles nadārad ābī
vaṣf-e rokh-e cho māhash dar parde rāst nāyad
moṭreb bezan navāyī sāqī bedeh sharābī
shod ḥalqe qāmat-e man tā baʿd az īn raqībat
zīn dar degar narānad mā rā be-hīch bābī
dar enteẓār-e rūyat mā o omīdvārī
dar ʿeshve-ye veṣālat mā o khiyāl o khvābī
makhmūr-e ān do cheshmam āyā kojāst jāmī
bīmār-e ān do laʿlam ākhar kam az javābī
Ḥāfeẓ che mī-nehī del to dar khiyāl-e khūbān
key teshne sīr gardad az lamʿe-ye sarābī
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.