Ghazal 51 (غزل ۵۱) · Divan of Hafez
لَعْلِ سیرابِ بهخونتشنه، لَبِ یارِ من است
laʿl-e sīrāb-e be-khūn-teshne lab-e yār-e man ast
vaz pey-e dīdan-e ū dādan-e jān kār-e man ast
sharm az ān chashm-e siyah bādash o mozhgān-e derāz
harke del-bordan-e ū dīd o dar enkār-e man ast
sārvān rakht be-darvāze mabar kān sar-e kū
shāhrāhī-st ke manzelgah-e deldār-e man ast
bande-ye ṭāleʿ-e khīsham ke dar īn qaḥṭ-e vafā
ʿeshq-e ān lūlī-ye sar-mast kharīdār-e man ast
ṭable-ye ʿeṭr-e gol o zolf-e ʿabīr-afshānash
feyż-e yek shemme ze būy-e khosh-e ʿaṭṭār-e man ast
bāghbān hamcho nasīmam ze dar-e khīsh marān
kāb-e golzār-e to az ashk-e cho golnār-e man ast
sharbat-e qand o golāb az lab-e yāram farmūd
narges-e ū ke ṭabīb-e del-e bīmār-e man ast
ān ke dar ṭarz-e ghazal nokte be-Ḥāfeẓ āmūkht
yār-e shīrīn-sokhan-e nādere-goftār-e man 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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