Ghazal 466 (غزل ۴۶۶) · Divan of Hafez
این خرقه که من دارم در رهن شراب اولی
īn kherqe ke man dāram dar rahn-e sharāb owlā
v-īn daftar-e bī-maʿnī gharq-e mey-e nāb owlā
chon ʿomr tabah kardam chandān ke negah kardam
dar konj-e kharābātī oftāde kharāb owlā
chon maṣlaḥat-andīshī dūr ast ze darvīshī
ham sīne por az ātash ham dīde por-āb owlā
man ḥālat-e zāhed rā bā khalq nakhvāham goft
īn qeṣṣe agar gūyam bā chang o rabāb owlā
tā bī sar o pā bāshad owżāʿ-e falak z-īn dast
dar sar havas-e sāqī dar dast sharāb owlā
az hamcho to deldārī del barnakanam ārī
chon tāb kasham bārī z-ān zolf be tāb owlā
chon pīr shodī Ḥāfeẓ az meykade bīrūn āy
rendī o havasnākī dar ʿahd-e shabāb owlā
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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