Ghazal 445 (غزل ۴۴۵) · Divan of Hafez
تو را که هر چه مراد است در جهان داری
to rā ke har che morād ast dar jahān dārī
che gham ze ḥāl-e żaʿīfān-e nātavān dārī
bekhvāh jān o del az bande o ravān bestān
ke ḥokm bar sar-e āzādegān ravān dārī
miyān nadārī o dāram ʿajab ke har sāʿat
miyān-e majmaʿ-e khūbān konī miyān-dārī
biyāż-e rūy-e to rā nīst naqsh-e darkhvor az ānk
savādī az khaṭ-e meshkīn bar arghavān dārī
benūsh mey ke sabok-rūḥī o laṭīf modām
ʿalā l-khoṣūṣ dar ān dam ke sar gerān dārī
makon ʿetāb az īn bīsh o jowr bar del-e mā
makon har ān che tavānī ke jāy-e ān dārī
be-ekhtiyārat agar ṣad hezār tīr-e jafāst
be-qaṣd-e jān-e man-e khaste dar kamān dārī
bekesh jafā-ye raqībān modām o jowr-e ḥasūd
ke sahl bāshad agar yār-e mehrabān dārī
be-vaṣl-e dūst garat dast mī-dehad yek dam
borow ke har che morād ast dar jahān dārī
cho gol be-dāman az īn bāgh mī-barī Ḥāfeẓ
che gham ze nāle o faryād-e bāghbān dārī
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.