Ghazal 470 (غزل ۴۷۰) · Divan of Hafez
سینه مالامال درد است ای دریغا مرهمی
sīne mālāmāl-e dard ast ey darīghā marhamī
del ze tanhāʾī be jān āmad khodā rā hamdamī
chashm-e āsāyesh ke dārad az sepehr-e tīzrow
sāqiyā jāmī be man deh tā biyāsāyam damī
zīrakī rā goftam īn aḥvāl bīn khandīd o goft
ṣaʿb-rūzī būl-ʿajab-kārī parīshān-ʿālamī
sūkhtam dar chāh-e ṣabr az bahr-e ān shamʿ-e Chegel
shāh-e Torkān fāregh ast az ḥāl-e mā kū Rostamī
dar ṭarīq-e ʿeshqbāzī amn o āsāyesh balā-st
rīsh bād ān del ke bā dard-e to khvāhad marhamī
ahl-e kām o nāz rā dar kū-ye rendī rāh nīst
rahravī bāyad jahānsūzī na khāmī bī-ghamī
ādamī dar ʿālam-e khākī namī-āyad be dast
ʿālamī dīgar bebāyad sākht v-az now ādamī
khīz tā khāṭer bedān Tork-e Samarqandī dahīm
k-az nasīmash bū-ye jū-ye Mūliyān āyad hamī
gerye-ye Ḥāfeẓ che sanjad pīsh-e esteghnā-ye ʿeshq
k-andar īn daryā namāyad haft daryā shabnamī
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.