Ghazal 58 (غزل ۵۸) · Divan of Hafez
سرِ ارادتِ ما و آستانِ حضرت دوست
sar-e erādat-e mā o āstān-e ḥażrat-e dūst
ke har che bar sar-e mā mī-ravad erādat-e ūst
naẓīr-e dūst nadīdam, agar che az mah o mehr
nahādam āyīne-hā dar moqābel-e rokh-e dūst
ṣabā ze ḥāl-e del-e tang-e mā che sharḥ dahad?
ke chūn shekanj-e varaq-hā-ye ghonche tū bar tūst
na man sabūkesh-e īn deyr-e rend-sūzam o bas
basā sarā ke dar īn kārkhāne sang o sabūst
magar to shāne zadī zolf-e ʿanbar-afshān rā?
ke bād ghāliye-sā gasht o khāk ʿanbar-būst
nesār-e rū-ye to har barg-e gol ke dar chaman ast
fadā-ye qadd-e to har sarv-bon ke bar lab-e jūst
zabān-e nāṭeqe dar vaṣf-e showq nālān ast
che jā-ye kelk-e borīde-zabān-e bīhode-gūst?
rokh-e to dar delam āmad morād khāham yāft
cherā ke ḥāl-e nekū dar qafā-ye fāl-e nekūst
na īn zamān del-e Ḥāfeẓ dar ātash-e havas ast
ke dāghdār-e azal hamcho lāle-ye khodrūst
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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