Ghazal 451 (غزل ۴۵۱) · Divan of Hafez
خوش کرد یاوری فلکت روز داوری
khosh kard yāvarī falakat rūz-e dāvarī
tā shokr chon konī-yo che shokrāne āvarī
ān kas ke ūftād khodāyash gereft dast
gū bar to bād tā gham-e oftādegān khorī
dar kūy-e ʿeshq showkat-e shāhī nemī-kharand
eqrār-e bandegī kon o eẓhār-e chākerī
sāqī be-mozhdegānī-ye ʿeysh az daram darāy
tā yek dam az delam gham-e donyā be-dar barī
dar shāh-rāh-e jāh-o bozorgī khaṭar basīst
ān beh k-az īn garīve sabok-bār begzarī
solṭān-o fekr-e lashkar o sowdā-ye tāj-o ganj
darvīsh-o amn-e khāṭer o konj-e qalandarī
yek ḥarf-e ṣūfiyāne begūyam ejāzat ast
ey nūr-e dīde ṣolḥ beh az jang-o dāvarī
neyl-e morād bar ḥasb-e fekr-o hemmat ast
az shāh nazr-e kheyr o ze-towfīq-e yāvarī
Ḥāfeẓ ghobār-e faqr-o qanāʿat ze-rokh mashūy
k-īn khāk behtar az ʿamal-e kīmiyāgarī
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.