Ghazal 459 (غزل ۴۵۹) · Divan of Hafez
زین خوش رقم که بر گل رخسار میکشی
z-īn khosh raqam ke bar gol-e rokhsār mī-keshī
khaṭ bar ṣaḥīfe-ye gol-o golzār mī-keshī
ashk-e ḥaram-neshīn-e nahān-khāne-ye marā
z-ān sū-ye haft-parde be-bāzār mī-keshī
kāhel-ravī cho bād-e ṣabā rā be-bū-ye zolf
har dam be-qeyd-e selsele dar kār mī-keshī
har dam be-yād-e ān lab-e meygūn-o chashm-e mast
az khalvatam be-khāne-ye khammār mī-keshī
goftī sar-e to baste-ye fetrāk-e mā shavad
sahl ast agar to zaḥmat-e īn bār mī-keshī
bā chashm-o abrū-ye to che tadbīr-e del konam
veh z-īn kamān ke bar man-e bīmār mī-keshī
bāz-ā ke chashm-e bad ze-rokhat dafʿ mī-konad
ey tāze gol ke dāman az īn khār mī-keshī
Ḥāfeẓ degar che mī-ṭalabī az naʿīm-e dahr
mey mī-khorī-yo ṭorre-ye deldār mī-keshī
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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