Ghazal 456 (غزل ۴۵۶) · Divan of Hafez
نوبهار است در آن کوش که خوشدل باشی
nowbahār ast dar ān kūsh ke khosh-del bāshī
ke basī gol bedamad bāz o to dar gel bāshī
man nagūyam ke konūn bā ke neshīn o che benūsh
ke to khod dānī agar zīrak-o ʿāqel bāshī
chang dar parde hamīn mī-dehadat pand valī
vaʿẓat ān gāh konad sūd ke qābel bāshī
dar chaman har varaqī daftar-e ḥālī degar ast
ḥeyf bāshad ke ze-kār-e hame ghāfel bāshī
naqd-e ʿomrat bebarad ghoṣṣe-ye donyā be-gazāf
gar shab-o rūz dar īn qeṣṣe-ye moshkel bāshī
gar che rāhīst por az bīm ze-mā tā bar-e dūst
raftan āsān bovad ar vāqef-e manzel bāshī
Ḥāfeẓā gar madad az bakht-e bolandat bāshad
ṣeyd-e ān shāhed-e maṭbūʿ-shamāyel bāshī
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.