Ghazal 458 (غزل ۴۵۸) · Divan of Hafez
ای دل آن دم که خراب از می گلگون باشی
ey del ān dam ke kharāb az mey-e golgūn bāshī
bī zar-o ganj be-ṣad ḥeshmat-e Qārūn bāshī
dar maqāmī ke ṣadārat be-faqīrān bakhshand
chashm dāram ke be-jāh az hame afzūn bāshī
dar rah-e manzel-e Leylī ke khaṭarhāst dar ān
sharṭ-e avval qadam ān ast ke Majnūn bāshī
noqte-ye ʿeshq nemūdam be-to hān sahv makon
var na chon bengarī az dāyere bīrūn bāshī
kārvān raft o to dar khāb o biyābān dar pīsh
key ravī rah ze-ke porsī che konī chon bāshī
tāj-e shāhī ṭalabī gowhar-e zātī benamāy
var khod az tokhme-ye Jamshīd-o Ferīdūn bāshī
sāgharī nūsh kon o jorʿe bar aflāk feshān
chand-o chand az gham-e ayyām jegar-khūn bāshī
Ḥāfeẓ az faqr makon nāle ke gar sheʿr īn ast
hīch khosh-del napsandad ke to maḥzūn 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.
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