Ghazal 472 (غزل ۴۷۲) · Divan of Hafez
اَحمَدُ اللهَ عَلی مَعْدِلَةِ السُلطانِ
aḥmadu llāha ʿalā maʿdilati s-sulṭāni
Aḥmad-e sheykh Oveys-e Ḥasan-e Īlkhānī
khān-e bn-e khān o shahanshāh-e shahanshāh-nezhād
ān ke mī-zībad agar jān-e jahānash khvānī
dīde nādīde be eqbāl-e to īmān āvard
marḥabā ey be chenīn loṭf-e khodā arzānī
māh agar bī to barāyad be do nīmash bezanand
dowlat-e aḥmadī o moʿjeze-ye sobḥānī
jelve-ye bakht-e to del mī-barad az shāh o gedā
chashm-e bad dūr ke ham jānī o ham jānānī
barshekan kākol-e Torkāne ke dar ṭāleʿ-e to-st
bakhshesh o kūshesh-e Khāqānī o Changezkhānī
garche dūrīm be yād-e to qadaḥ mī-gīrīm
boʿd-e manzel nabovad dar safar-e rūḥānī
az gol-e pārsīyam ghonche-ye ʿeyshī nashkoft
ḥabbazā Dejle-ye Baghdād o mey-e reyḥānī
sar-e ʿāsheq ke na khāk-e dar-e maʿshūq bovad
key khalāṣash bovad az meḥnat-e sargardānī
ey nasīm-e saḥarī khāk-e dar-e yār biyār
ke konad Ḥāfeẓ az ū dīde-ye del nūrānī
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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