Ghazal 483 (غزل ۴۸۳) · Divan of Hafez
سحرگه ره روی در سرزمینی
saḥargah rahrovī dar sarzamīnī
hamī goft īn moʿammā bā qarīnī
ke ey ṣūfī sharāb ān gah shavad ṣāf
ke dar shīshe barārad arbaʿīnī
khodā zān kherqe bīzār ast ṣad bār
ke ṣad bot bāshadash dar āstīnī
morovvat gar che nāmī bī-neshān ast
niyāzī ʿarże kon bar nāzanīnī
s̄avābat bāshad ey dārāy-e kharman
agar raḥmī konī bar khūshe-chīnī
nemībīnam nashāṭ-e ʿeysh dar kas
na darmān-e delī na dard-e dīnī
darūnhā tīre shod bāshad ke az gheyb
cherāghī barkanad khalvat-neshīnī
gar angosht-e Soleymānī nabāshad
che khāṣiyat dahad naqsh-e negīnī?
agar che rasm-e khūbān tondkhūyī-st
che bāshad gar besāzad bā ghamīnī?
rah-e meykhāne benmā tā beporsam
maʾāl-e khīsh rā az pīshbīnī
na Ḥāfeẓ rā ḥożūr-e dars-e khalvat
na dāneshmand rā ʿelm-ol-yaqīnī
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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