Ghazal 62 (غزل ۶۲) · Divan of Hafez
مرحبا ای پیکِ مشتاقان بده پیغامِ دوست
marḥabā ey peyk-e moshtāqān bedeh peyghām-e dūst
tā konam jān az sar-e raghbat fadā-ye nām-e dūst
vāleh o sheydāst dāyem hamcho bolbol dar qafas
ṭūṭī-ye ṭabʿam ze ʿeshq-e shekkar o bādām-e dūst
zolf-e ū dām ast o khālash dāne-ye ān dām o man
bar omīd-e dāneʾī oftāde-am dar dām-e dūst
sar ze mastī bar-nagīrad tā be ṣobḥ-e rūz-e ḥashr
har ke chūn man dar azal yek jorʿe khord az jām-e dūst
bas naguyam shemmeʾī az sharḥ-e showq-e khod az ānk
dardsar bāshad nemūdan bīsh az īn ebrām-e dūst
gar dahad dastam kasham dar dīde hamchūn tūtiyā
khāk-e rāhī k-ān mosharraf gardad az aqdām-e dūst
meyl-e man sū-ye veṣāl o qaṣd-e ū sū-ye farāq
tark-e kām-e khod gereftam tā bar-āyad kām-e dūst
Ḥāfeẓ andar dard-e ū mī-sūz o bī-darmān besāz
z-ān ke darmānī nadārad dard-e bī-ārām-e dūst
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.