Ghazal 446 (غزل ۴۴۶) · Divan of Hafez
صبا تو نکهت آن زلف مشک بو داری
ṣabā to nakhat-e ān zolf-e moshk-bū dārī
be-yādgār bemānī ke bū-ye ū dārī
delam ke gowhar-e asrār-e ḥosn-o ʿeshq dar ūst
tavān be-dast-e to dādan garash nekū dārī
dar ān shamāyel-e maṭbūʿ hīch natvān goft
joz īn qadar ke raqībān-e tondkhū dārī
navā-ye bolbolat ey gol kojā pasand oftad
ke gūsh-o hūsh be-morghān-e harze-gū dārī
be-jorʿe-ye to saram mast gasht nūshat bād
khod az kodām khom ast īn ke dar sabū dārī
be-sarkeshī-ye khod ey sarv-e jūybār manāz
ke gar bedū rasī az sharm sar forū-dārī
dam az mamālek-e khūbī cho āftāb zadan
to rā rasad ke gholāmān-e māh-rū dārī
qabā-ye ḥosn-forūshī to rā berāzad o bas
ke hamcho gol hame āyīn-e rang-o bū dārī
ze-konj-e ṣowmaʿe Ḥāfeẓ majūy gowhar-e ʿeshq
qadam borūn neh agar meyl-e jost-o-jū 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.
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