Ghazal 488 (غزل ۴۸۸) · Divan of Hafez
سَحرم هاتف میخانه به دولتخواهی
saḥaram hātef-e meykhāne be-dowlat-khāhī
goft bāz āy ke dīrīne-ye īn dargāhī
hamcho Jam jorʿe-ye mā kash ke ze-serr-e do jahān
partov-e jām-e jahānbīn dehadat āgāhī
bar dar-e meykade rendān-e qalandar bāshand
ke setānand o dehand afsar-e shāhanshāhī
khesht, zīr-e sar o bar tārak-e haft-akhtar pāy
dast-e qodrat negar o manṣab-e ṣāḥeb-jāhī
sar-e mā o dar-e meykhāne ke ṭarf-e bāmash
be-falak bar shod o dīvār badīn kūtāhī
qaṭʿ-e īn marḥale bī-hamrahī-ye Kheżr makon
ẓolmāt ast betars az khaṭar-e gomrāhī
agarat salṭanat-e faqr bebakhshand ey del
kamtarīn molk-e to az māh bovad tā māhī
to dam-e faqr nadānī zadan az dast madeh
masnad-e khājegī o majles-e Tūrānshāhī
Ḥāfeẓ-e khām-ṭamaʿ! sharmī az īn qeṣṣe bedār
ʿamalat chīst ke ferdows-e barīn mīkhāhī?
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.