Ghazal 57 (غزل ۵۷) · Divan of Hafez
آن سیهچَرده که شیرینیِ عالَم با اوست
ān siyah-charde ke shīrīnī-ye ʿālam bā ūst
chashm-e meygūn, lab-e khandān, del-e khorram bā ūst
garche shīrīn-dahanān pādeshahān-and valī
ū Soleymān-e zamān ast ke khātam bā ūst
rūy khūb ast o kamāl-e honar o dāman pāk
lājaram, hemmat-e pākān-e do ʿālam bā ūst
khāl-e moshkīn ke bedān ʿāreż-e gandomgūn ast
serr-e ān dāne ke shod rahzan-e Ādam bā ūst
delbaram, ʿazm-e safar kard khodā rā yārān
che konam bā del-e majrūḥ? ke marham bā ūst
bā ke īn nokte tavān goft ke ān sangīn-del
kosht mā rā o dam-e ʿĪsā-ye Maryam bā ūst?
Ḥāfeẓ az moʿtaqedān ast gerāmī dārash!
z-ān ke bakhshāyesh-e bas rūḥ-e mokarram bā 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.