Ghazal 49 (غزل ۴۹) · Divan of Hafez
روضهٔ خُلدِ برین خلوتِ درویشان است
rowże-ye khold-e barīn khalvat-e darvīshān ast
māye-ye moḥtashamī khedmat-e darvīshān ast
ganj-e ʿozlat ke ṭelesmāt-e ʿajāyeb dārad
fatḥ-e ān dar naẓar-e raḥmat-e darvīshān ast
qaṣr-e ferdows ke reżvānash be-darbānī raft
manẓarī az chaman-e nozhat-e darvīshān ast
ān che zar mī-shavad az partow-e ān qalb-e siyāh
kīmiyā-ī-st ke dar ṣoḥbat-e darvīshān ast
ān ke pīshash benehad tāj-e takabbor khorshīd
kebriyā-ī-st ke dar ḥeshmat-e darvīshān ast
dowlatī rā ke nabāshad gham az āsīb-e zavāl
bī-takalof beshnow dowlat-e darvīshān ast
khosrovān qeble-ye ḥājāt-e jahānand valī
sababash bandegī-ye ḥażrat-e darvīshān ast
rūy-e maqṣūd ke shāhān be-doʿā mī-ṭalaband
maẓharash āyene-ye ṭalʿat-e darvīshān ast
az karān tā be-karān lashkar-e ẓolm ast valī
az azal tā be-abad forṣat-e darvīshān ast
ey tavāngar mafrūsh īn hame nekhvat ke to rā
sar o zar dar kanaf-e hemmat-e darvīshān ast
ganj-e qārūn ke foro mī-shavad az qahr hanūz
khānde bāshī ke ham az gheyrat-e darvīshān ast
Ḥāfeẓ ar āb-e ḥayāt-e azalī mī-khāhī
manbaʿash khāk-e dar-e khalvat-e darvīshān ast
man gholām-e naẓar-e āṣef-e ʿahdam k-ū rā
ṣūrat-e khājegī o sīrat-e darvīshān ast
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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