Ghazal 63 (غزل ۶۳) · Divan of Hafez
رویِ تو کس ندید و هزارت رقیب هست
rū-ye to kas nadīd o hezārat raqīb hast
dar ghoncheʾī hanūz o ṣadat ʿandalīb hast
gar āmadam be kū-ye to chandān gharīb nīst
chūn man dar ān diyār hezārān gharīb hast
dar ʿeshq, khānaqāh o kharābāt farq nīst
har jā ke hast partov-e rū-ye ḥabīb hast
ān jā ke kār-e ṣowmeʿe rā jelve mī-dahand
nāqūs-e deyr-e rāheb o nām-e ṣalīb hast
ʿāsheq ke shod ke yār be ḥālash naẓar nakard
ey khwāje dard nīst vagarna ṭabīb hast
faryād-e Ḥāfeẓ īn hame ākher be harze nīst
ham qeṣṣeʾī gharīb o ḥadīsī ʿajīb hast
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.