Ghazal 487 (غزل ۴۸۷) · Divan of Hafez
ای بیخبر بکوش که صاحبخبر شوی
ey bīkhabar bekūsh ke ṣāḥeb-khabar shavī
tā rāhrow nabāshī key rāhbar shavī?
dar maktab-e ḥaqāyeq pīsh-e adīb-e ʿeshq
hān ey pesar bekūsh ke rūzī pedar shavī
dast az mes-e vojūd cho mardān-e rah beshūy
tā kīmiyā-ye ʿeshq beyābī o zar shavī
khāb o khorat ze-martabe-ye khīsh dūr kard
ān gah resī be-khīsh ke bī khāb o khor shavī
gar nūr-e ʿeshq-e ḥaqq be-del o jānat ūftad
bellāh kaz āftāb-e falak khūbtar shavī
yek dam gharīq-e baḥr-e khodā show gomān mabar
kaz āb-e haft baḥr be-yek mūy tar shavī
az pāy tā sarat hame nūr-e khodā shavad
dar rāh-e zol-jalāl cho bī pā o sar shavī
vajh-e khodā agar shavadat manẓar-e naẓar
zīn pas shakī namānad ke ṣāḥeb-naẓar shavī
bonyād-e hastī-ye to cho zīr o zebar shavad
dar del madār hīch ke zīr o zebar shavī
gar dar sarat havāy-e veṣāl ast Ḥāfeẓā
bāyad ke khāk-e dargah-e ahl-e honar shavī
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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