Ghazal 469 (غزل ۴۶۹) · Divan of Hafez
أَتَتْ رَوائِحُ رَنْدِ الْحِمیٰ و زادَ غَرامی
atat rawāʾiḥu randi l-ḥimā wa zāda gharāmī
fadā-ye khāk-e dar-e dūst bād jān-e gerāmī
payām-e dūst shenīdan saʿādat ast o salāmat
mani l-muballighu ʿannī ilā Suʿāda salāmī
biyā be shām-e gharībān o āb-e dīde-ye man bīn
be sān-e bāde-ye ṣāfī dar ābgīne-ye shāmī
izā taghrrada ʿan zi l-arāki ṭāʾiru khayrin
fa-lā tafarrada ʿan rawżihā anīnu ḥamāmī
basī namānd ke rūz-e farāq-e yār sar āyad
raʾaytu min hażabāti l-ḥimā qibāba khiyāmī
khvoshā damī ke darāyī o gūyamat be salāmat
qadimta khayra qudūmin nazalta khayra maqāmī
baʿidtu minka wa qad ṣirtu zāʾiban ka-hilālin
agarche rū-ye cho māhat nadīde-am be tamāmī
wa in duʿītu bi-khuldin wa ṣirtu nāqiża ʿahdin
famā taṭayyaba nafsī wa mā staṭāba manāmī
omīd hast ke zūdat be bakht-e nīk bebīnam
to shād gashte be farmāndehī o man be gholāmī
cho silk-e dorr-e khvoshāb ast sheʿr-e naghz-e to Ḥāfeẓ
ke gāh-e loṭf sabaq mī-barad ze naẓm-e Neẓāmī
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.