Ghazal 484 (غزل ۴۸۴) · Divan of Hafez
تو مگر بر لب آبی به هوس بنشینی
to magar bar lab-e ābī be-havas benshīnī
var na har fetne ke bīnī hame az khod bīnī
be-khodāyī ke to-ī bande-ye bogzīde-ye ū
ke bar īn chāker-e dīrīne kasī nagzīnī
gar amānat be-salāmat bebaram bākī nīst
bīdelī sahl bovad gar nabovad bīdīnī
adab o sharm to rā khosrow-e mahrūyān kard
āfarīn bar to ke shāyeste-ye ṣad chandīnī
ʿajab az loṭf-e to ey gol ke neshastī bā khār
ẓāheran maṣleḥat-e vaqt dar ān mībīnī
ṣabr bar jowr-e raqībat che konam gar nakonam?
ʿāsheqān rā nabovad chāre be-joz meskīnī
bād-e ṣobḥī be-havāyat ze-golestān barkhāst
ke to khoshtar ze-gol o tāzetar az nasrīnī
shīshe-bāzī-ye sereshkam negarī az chap o rāst
gar bar īn manẓar-e bīnesh nafasī benshīnī
sokhanī bī-gharaż az bande-ye mokhleṣ beshnow
ey ke manẓūr-e bozorgān ḥaqīqat bīnī
nāzanīnī cho to pākīze-del o pāk-nehād
behtar ān ast ke bā mardom-e bad nanshīnī
seyl-e īn ashk-e ravān ṣabr o del-e Ḥāfeẓ bord
balagha ṭ-ṭāqata yā moqlata ʿaynī bīnī
to bedīn nāzokī o sarkeshī ey shamʿ-e Chegel
lāyeq-e bandegī-ye khāje Jalāloddīnī
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.