Ghazal 64 (غزل ۶۴) · Divan of Hafez
اگر چه عرض هنر پیشِ یار بیادبیست
agar che ʿarż-e honar pīsh-e yār bī-adabī-st
zabān khamūsh, valīkan dahān por az ʿarabī-st
parī nehofte rokh o dīv dar kerešme-ye ḥosn
besūkht dīde ze ḥeyrat ke īn che bol-ʿajabī-st
dar īn chaman gol-e bī khār kas nachīd, ārī
cherāgh-e Moṣṭafavī bā sharār-e Bū-Lahabī-st
sabab mapors ke charkh az che sefle-parvar shod
ke kām-bakhshī-ye ū rā bahāne bī-sababī-st
be nīm jow nakharam ṭāq-e khānaqāh o rebāṭ
marā ke maṣṭabe eyvān o pā-ye khom ṭanabī-st
jamāl-e dokhtar-e raz, nūr-e chashm-e māst magar
ke dar neqāb-e zojājī o parde-ye ʿenabī-st
hezār ʿaql o adab dāshtam man ey khwāje
konūn ke mast-e kharābam, ṣalāḥ bī-adabī-st
biyār mey ke cho Ḥāfeẓ hezāram esteẓhār
be gerye-ye saḥarī o niyāz-e nīm-shabī-st
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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