Ghazal 491 (غزل ۴۹۱) · Divan of Hafez
به چَشْم کَرْدِهام اَبْرویِ ماهسیمایی
be-chashm karde-am abrū-ye māh-sīmāʾī
khayāl-e sabz-khaṭṭī, naqsh baste-am jāʾī
omīd hast ke manshūr-e ʿeshq-bāzī-ye man
az ān kamānche-ye abrū rasad be-ṭoghrāʾī
saram ze-dast beshod, chashm az enteẓār besūkht
dar ārezū-ye sar o chashm-e majles-ārāʾī
mokaddar ast del, ātash be-kherqe khāham zad
biyā! bebīn! ke kerā mī-konad tamāshāʾī!
be-rūz-e vāqeʿe, tābūt-e mā ze-sarv konīd
ke mī-ravīm be-dāgh-e boland-bālāʾī
zemām-e del be-kasī dāde-am man-e darvīsh
ke nīstash be-kas az tāj o takht, parvāʾī
dar ān maqām ke khūbān ze-ghamze, tīgh zanand
ʿajab madār sarī ūftāde dar pāʾī
marā ke az rokh-e ū, māh dar shabestān ast
kojā bovad be-forūgh-e setāre, parvāʾī?
farāq o vaṣl che bāshad? reżā-ye dūst ṭalab!
ke ḥeyf bāshad az ū, gheyr-e ū, tamannāʾī
dorar ze-showq barārand māhiyān be-nesār
agar safīne-ye Ḥāfeẓ rasad be-daryāʾī
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.