Ghazal 440 (غزل ۴۴۰) · Divan of Hafez
سحر با باد میگفتم حدیث آرزومندی
saḥar bā bād mī-goftam ḥadīs̄-e ārezūmandī
khaṭāb āmad ke vās̄eq show be-alṭāf-e khodāvandī
doʿā-ye ṣobḥ o āh-e shab kelīd-e ganj-e maqṣūd ast
bedīn rāh o raveš mī-row ke bā deldār peyvandī
qalam rā ān zabān nabvad ke serr-e ʿeshq gūyad bāz
varāy-e ḥadd-e taqrīr ast sharḥ-e ārezūmandī
alā ey Yūsof-e Meṣrī ke kardat salṭanat maghrūr
pedar rā bāz pors ākhar kojā shod mehr-e farzandī
jahān pīr-e raʿnā rā taraḥḥom dar jebellat nīst
ze mehr-e ū che mī-porsī dar ū hemmat che mī-bandī
homāyī chon to ʿālī-qadr ḥerṣ-e ostokhvān tā key
darīgh ān sāye-ye hemmat ke bar nā-ahl afkandī
dar īn bāzār agar sūdī-st bā darvīsh-e khorsand ast
khodāyā monʿamam gardān be-darvīshī o khorsandī
be-sheʿr-e Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāz mī-raqṣand o mī-nāzand
siyah-chashmān-e Kashmīrī o Torkān-e Samarqandī
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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