Ghazal 463 (غزل ۴۶۳) · Divan of Hafez
سَلامُ اللّهِ ما کَرَّ اللَّیالي
salāmu llāhi mā karra l-layālī
wa jāwabati l-masānī wa l-misālī
ʿalā vādi l-arāki wa man ʿalayhā
wa dārin bi-l-lawā fawqa r-rimālī
doʿāgū-ye gharībān-e jahānam
wa adʿū bi-t-tavātori wa t-tavālī
be har manzel ke rū ārad khodā rā
negah dārash be loṭf-e lāyazālī
manāl ey del ke dar zanjīr-e zolfash
hame jamʿiyat ast āshofte-ḥālī
ze khaṭṭat ṣad jamāl-e dīgar afzūd
ke ʿomrat bād ṣad sāl-e jalālī
to mī-bāyad ke bāshī var na sahl ast
ziyān-e māye-ye jāhī o mālī
bar ān naqqāsh-e qodrat āfarīn bād
ke gerd-e mah keshad khaṭ-e helālī
fa-ḥubbuka rāḥatī fī kulli ḥīnin
wa zikruka mūnisī fī kulli ḥālī
soveydā-ye del-e man tā qiyāmat
mabād az showq o sowdā-ye to khālī
kojā yābam veṣāl-e chon to shāhī
man-e badnām-e rend-e lāʾobālī
khodā dānad ke Ḥāfeẓ rā gharaż chīst
wa ʿilmu llāhi ḥasbī min suʾālī
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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