Ghazal 462 (غزل ۴۶۲) · Divan of Hafez
یا مُبْسِماً یُحاکي دُرْجاً مِنَ اللِّآلي
yā mubsiman yuḥākī durjan mina l-laʾālī
yā rab che darkhor āmad gerdash khaṭ-e helālī
ḥālī khiyāl-e vaṣlat khvosh mī-dahad farībam
tā khod che naqsh bāzad īn ṣūrat-e khiyālī
mey deh ke garche gashtam nāme-siyāh-e ʿālam
nowmīd key tavān būd az loṭf-e lāyazālī
sāqī biyār jāmī o az khalvatam borūn kash
tā dar be dar begardam qallāsh o lāʾobālī
az chār chīz magzar gar ʿāqelī o zīrak
amn o sharāb-e bī-ghash maʿshūq o jā-ye khālī
chon nīst naqsh-e dowrān dar hīch ḥāl sābet
Ḥāfeẓ makon shekāyat tā mey khorīm ḥālī
ṣāfī-st jām-e khāṭer dar dowr-e āṣaf-e ʿahd
qum fa-sqinī raḥīqan aṣfā mina z-zulālī
al-mulku qad tabāhā min jiddihī o jaddih
yā rab ke jāvedān bād īn qadr o īn maʿālī
masnadforūz-e dowlat kān-e shokūh o showkat
borhān-e molk o mellat Būnaṣr Būʾl-maʿālī
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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