Ghazal 439 (غزل ۴۳۹) · Divan of Hafez
دیدم به خواب دوش که ماهی برآمدی
dīdam be-khvāb dūsh ke māhī barāmadī
k-az ʿaks-e rūy-e ū shab-e hejrān sar āmadī
taʿbīr raft yār-e safar-karde mī-resad
ey kāj har che zūdtar az dar darāmadī
zekrash be-kheyr sāqī-ye farkhonde-fāl-e man
k-az dar modām bā qadaḥ o sāghar āmadī
khvosh būdī ar be-khvāb bedīdī diyār-e khvīsh
tā yād-e ṣoḥbatash sūy-e mā rahbar āmadī
feyż-e azal be-zūr o zar ar āmadī be-dast
āb-e Kheżr naṣībe-ye Eskandar āmadī
ān ʿahd yād bād ke az bām o dar marā
har dam payām-e yār o khaṭ-e delbar āmadī
key yāftī raqīb-e to chandīn majāl-e ẓolm
maẓlūmī ar shabī be-dar-e dāvar āmadī
khāmān-e rah-narafte che dānand zowq-e ʿeshq
daryā-delī bejūy dalīrī sar āmadī
ān kū to rā be-sang-delī kard rahnamūn
ey kāshkī ke pāsh be-sangī barāmadī
gar dīgarī be-shīve-ye Ḥāfeẓ zadī raqam
maqbūl-e ṭabʿ-e shāh-e honar-parvar āmadī
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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