Ghazal 68 (غزل ۶۸) · Divan of Hafez
ماهم این هفته برون رفت و به چشمم سالیست
māham īn hafte borūn raft o be chashmam sālī-st
ḥāl-e hejrān-e to che dānī ke che moshkel ḥālī-st?
mardom-e dīde ze loṭf-e rokh-e ū dar rokh-e ū
ʿaks-e khod dīd, gomān bord ke moshkīn khālī-st
mī-chekad shīr hanūz az lab-e hamchūn shekarash
garche dar shīve-garī har može-ash qattālī-st
ey ke angosht-nomāyī be karam dar hame shahr
vah ke dar kār-e gharībān, ʿajabat ehmālī-st
baʿd az īnam nabovad shāʾebe dar jowhar-e fard
ke dahān-e to dar īn nokte khosh estedlālī-st
možde dādand ke bar mā gozarī khāhī kard
niyyat-e kheyr magardān ke mobārak fālī-st
kūh-e andūh-e farāqat be che ḥālat bekeshad?
Ḥāfeẓ-e khaste ke az nāle tanash chūn nālī-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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.