Ghazal 65 (غزل ۶۵) · Divan of Hafez
خوشتر ز عیش و صحبت و باغ و بهار چیست؟
khoshtar ze ʿeysh o ṣoḥbat o bāgh o bahār chīst?
sāqī kojāst? gū sabab-e enteẓār chīst?
har vaqt-e khosh ke dast dahad, moghtanam shomār
kas rā voqūf nīst ke anjām-e kār chīst
peyvand-e ʿomr baste be mūyī-st, hūsh dār
ghamkhār-e khīsh bāsh, gham-e rūzgār chīst?
maʿnī-ye āb-e zendegī o rowże-ye eram
joz ṭarf-e jūybār o mey-e khoshgovār chīst?
mastūr o mast har do cho az yek qabīle-and
mā del be ʿeshve-ye ke dahīm? ekhtiyār chīst?
rāz-e darūn-e parde che dānad falak? khamūsh
ey moddaʿī! nezāʿ-e to bā parde-dār chīst?
sahv o khaṭā-ye bande garash eʿtebār nīst
maʿnī-ye ʿafv o raḥmat-e āmorzgār chīst?
zāhed sharāb-e kowsar o Ḥāfeẓ piyāle khāst
tā dar miyāne khāste-ye kardgār chīst
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.