Ghazal 490 (غزل ۴۹۰) · Divan of Hafez
دَر هَمِه دِیْرِ مُغان نیست چو مَن، شِیْدایی
dar hame deyr-e moghān nīst cho man, sheydāyī
kherqe, jāyī gerov-e bāde o daftar, jāyī
del ke āyīne-ye shāhī-st ghobārī dārad
az khodā mīṭalabam ṣoḥbat-e rowshan-rāyī
karde-am towbe be-dast-e ṣanam-e bādeforūsh
ke degar, mey nakhoram bī-rokh-e bazmārāyī
narges ar lāf zad az shīve-ye chashm-e to maranj!
naravand ahl-e naẓar az pay-e nābīnāyī
sharḥ-e īn qeṣṣe magar shamʿ barārad be-zabān
varna parvāne nadārad be-sokhan, parvāyī
jūyhā baste-am az dīde be-dāman ke magar
dar kenāram beneshānand sahī-bālāyī
kashtī-ye bāde biyāvar ke marā bī-rokh-e dūst
gasht har gūshe-ye chashm az gham-e del, daryāyī
sokhan-e gheyr magū bā man-e maʿshūqe-parast!
kaz vey o jām-e mey-am nīst be-kas, parvāyī
īn ḥadīsam che khosh āmad ke saḥargah mīgoft
bar dar-e meykade-ī, bā daf o ney, tarsāyī
gar mosalmānī az īn ast ke Ḥāfeẓ dārad
āh! agar az pay-e emrūz bovad fardāyī
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.