Ghazal 489 (غزل ۴۸۹) · Divan of Hafez
ای در رخ تو پیدا انوار پادشاهی
ey dar rokh-e to peydā anvār-e pādshāhī
dar fekrat-e to penhān ṣad ḥekmat-e elāhī
kelk-e to bārakallāh bar molk o dīn goshāde
ṣad cheshme āb-e ḥeyvān az qaṭre-ye siyāhī
bar ahriman natābad anvār-e esm-e aʿẓam
molk ān-e tost o khātam farmāy har che khāhī
dar ḥekmat-e Soleymān har kas ke shak nemāyad
bar ʿaql o dānesh-e ū khandand morgh o māhī
bāz ar che gāh-gāhī bar sar nehad kolāhī
morghān-e Qāf dānand āyīn-e pādshāhī
tīghī ke āsmānash az feyż-e khod dehad āb
tanhā jahān begīrad bī mennat-e sepāhī
kelk-e to khosh nevīsad dar shaʾn-e yār o aghyār
taʿvīz-e jānfazāyī afsūn-e ʿomr-kāhī
ey ʿonṣor-e to makhlūq az kīmiyā-ye ʿezzat
vey dowlat-e to īmen az vaṣmat-e tabāhī
sāqī biyār ābī az cheshme-ye kharābāt
tā kherqehā beshūyīm az ʿojb-e khānqāhī
ʿomrī-st pādshāhā kaz mey tahī-st jāmam
īnak ze-bande daʿvī, vaz moḥtaseb govāhī
gar partovī ze-tīghat, bar kān o maʿdan oftad
yāqūt-e sorkhrū rā bakhshand rang-e kāhī
dānam delat bebakhshad bar ʿajz-e shabneshīnān
gar ḥāl-e bande porsī az bād-e ṣobḥgāhī
jāyī ke barq-e ʿeṣyān bar Ādam-e ṣafī zad
mā rā chegūne zībad daʿvī-ye bīgonāhī?
Ḥāfeẓ cho pādshāhat gahgāh mībarad nām
ranjesh ze-bakht manmā bāzā be-ʿozrkhāhī
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.