Ghazal 443 (غزل ۴۴۳) · Divan of Hafez
چو سرو اگر بخرامی دمی به گلزاری
cho sarv agar bekhrāmī damī be-golzārī
khvorad ze gheyrat-e rūy-e to har golī khārī
ze kofr-e zolf-e to har ḥalqe-ī o āshūbī
ze seḥr-e cheshm-e to har gūshe-ī o bīmārī
marow cho bakht-e man ey cheshm-e mast-e yār be-khvāb
ke dar pey ast ze har sūyat āh-e bīdārī
nes̄ār-e khāk-e rahat naqd-e jān-e man har chand
ke nīst naqd-e ravān rā bar to meqdārī
delā hamīshe mazan lāf-e zolf-e delbandān
cho tīre-rāy shavī key goshāyadat kārī
saram beraft o zamānī be-sar naraft īn kār
delam gereft o nabūdat gham-e gereftārī
cho noqte goftamash andar miyān-e dāyere āy
be-khande goft ke ey Ḥāfeẓ īn che pargārī
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.