Ghazal 50 (غزل ۵۰) · Divan of Hafez
به دامِ زلفِ تو دل مبتلایِ خویشتن است
be-dām-e zolf-e to del mobtalā-ye khīshtan ast
bekosh be-ghamze ke īnash sazā-ye khīshtan ast
garat ze dast barāyad morād-e khāter-e mā
be-dast bāsh ke kheyrī be-jāy-e khīshtan ast
be-jānat ey bot-e shīrīn-dahan ke hamchon shamʿ
shabān-e tīre morādam fanā-ye khīshtan ast
cho rāy-e ʿeshq zadī bā to goftam ey bolbol
makon ke ān gol-e khandān be-rāy-e khīshtan ast
be-moshk-e chīn o chegel nīst būy-e gol moḥtāj
ke nāfe-hāsh ze band-e qabā-ye khīshtan ast
marow be-khāne-ye arbāb-e bī-morovvat-e dahr
ke ganj-e ʿāfiyatat dar sarāy-e khīshtan ast
besūkht Ḥāfeẓ o dar sharṭ-e ʿeshq-bāzī ū
hanūz bar sar-e ʿahd o vafā-ye khīshtan 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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