Ghazal 465 (غزل ۴۶۵) · Divan of Hafez
رفتم به باغ صبحدمی تا چنم گلی
raftam be bāgh-e ṣobḥdamī tā chanam golī
āmad be gūsh nāgaham āvāz-e bolbolī
meskīn cho man be ʿeshq-e golī gashte mobtalā
v-andar chaman fekande ze faryād gholgholī
mī-gashtam andar ān chaman o bāgh dam be dam
mī-kardam andar ān gol o bolbol taʾammolī
gol yār-e ḥosn gashte o bolbol qarīn-e ʿeshq
ān rā tafażżolī na o īn rā tabaddolī
chon kard dar delam asar āvāz-e ʿandalīb
gashtam chenān ke hīch namāndam taḥammolī
bas gol shekofte mī-shavad īn bāgh rā valī
kas bī balā-ye khār nachīde-st az ū golī
Ḥāfeẓ madār omīd-e faraj az madār-e charkh
dārad hezār ʿeyb o nadārad tafażżolī
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.