Ghazal 476 (غزل ۴۷۶) · Divan of Hafez
نسیم صبح سعادت! بدان نشان که تو دانی
nasīm-e ṣobḥ-e saʿādat! bedān neshān ke to dānī
gozar be-kūy-e folān kon, dar ān zamān ke to dānī
to peyk-e khalvat-e rāzī o dīde bar sar-e rāhat
be-mardomī, na be-farmān, chenān berān ke to dānī
begū ke jān-e ʿazīzam ze-dast raft, khodā-rā
ze-laʿl-e rūḥ-fazāyash bebakhsh ān ke to dānī
man īn ḥorūf neveshtam, chenān ke gheyr nadānest
to ham ze-rūy-e karāmat, chenān bekhān ke to dānī
khayāl-e tīgh-e to bā mā, ḥadīs̄-e teshne o āb ast
asīr-e khīsh gerefti, bekosh chenān ke to dānī
omīd dar kamar-e zarkeshat chegūne bebandam?
daqīqe-ī ast negārā dar ān miyān ke to dānī
yekī ast Torkī o Tāzī, dar īn moʿāmele Ḥāfeẓ
ḥadīs̄-e ʿeshq bayān kon, bedān zabān ke to dānī
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.