Ghazal 56 (غزل ۵۶) · Divan of Hafez
دل سراپردهٔ محبتِ اوست
del sarāparda-ye maḥabbat-e ūst
dīde āyīne-dār-e ṭalʿat-e ūst
man ke sar dar nayāvaram be do kown
gardanam zīr-e bār-e mennat-e ūst
to o ṭūbā o mā o qāmat-e yār
fekr-e har kas be qadr-e hemmat-e ūst
gar man ālūde-dāmanam che ʿajab
hame ʿālam gavāh-e ʿeṣmat-e ūst
man ke bāsham dar ān ḥaram ke ṣabā
parde-dār-e ḥarīm-e ḥormat-e ūst
bī khayālash mabād manẓar-e cheshm
z-ān ke īn gūshe jā-ye khalvat-e ūst
har gol-e now ke shod chaman-ārāy
ze asar rang o bū-ye ṣoḥbat-e ūst
dowr-e Majnūn gozasht o nowbat-e māst
har kasī panj rūz, nowbat-e ūst
molkat-e ʿāsheqī o ganj-e ṭarab
har che dāram ze yomn-e hemmat-e ūst
man o del gar fadā shodīm che bāk?
gharaż andar miyān salāmat-e ūst
faqr-e ẓāher mabīn ke Ḥāfeẓ rā
sīne ganjīne-ye maḥabbat-e ūst
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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