Ghazal 477 (غزل ۴۷۷) · Divan of Hafez
دو یار زیرک و از بادهٔ کهن دو منی
do yār-e zīrak o az bāde-ye kohan do manī
farāghatī o ketābī o gūshe-ye chamanī
man īn maqām be-donyā o ākherat nadeham
agar che dar pay-am oftand har dam anjomanī
har ān ke konj-e qanāʿat be-ganj-e donyā dād
forūkht Yūsof-e Meṣrī be-kamtarīn s̄amanī
biyā ke rownaq-e īn kārkhāne kam nashavad
be-zohd-e hamcho to-ī, yā be-fesq-e hamcho manī
ze-tondbād-e ḥavādes̄ nemītavān dīdan
dar īn chaman ke golī būde ast yā samanī
bebīn dar āyene-ye jām, naqsh-bandī-ye gheyb
ke kas be-yād nadārad chenīn ʿajab zamanī
az īn samūm ke bar ṭarf-e būstān bogzasht
ʿajab ke būy-e golī hast o rang-e nastaranī
be-ṣabr kūsh to ey del ke ḥaqq rahā nakonad
chenīn ʿazīz negīnī be-dast-e ahrimanī
mazāj-e dahr tabah shod dar īn balā Ḥāfeẓ
kojāst fekr-e ḥakīmī o rāy-e barhamanī?
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.