Ghazal 7 (غزل ۷) · Divan of Hafez
صوفی بیا که آیِنِه، صافیست جام را
ṣūfī biyā ke āyene ṣāfīst jām rā
tā bengarī ṣafā-ye mey-e laʿlfām rā
rāz-e darūn-e parde ze rendān-e mast pors
k-īn ḥāl nīst zāhed-e ʿālīmaqām rā
ʿanqā shekār-e kas nashavad dām bāzchīn
k-ānjā hamīshe bād be dast ast dām rā
dar bazm-e dowr yekdo qadaḥ darkash o borow
yaʿnī ṭamaʿ madār veṣāl-e modām rā
ey del shabāb raft o nachīdī golī ze ʿeysh
pīrānesar makon honarī nang o nām rā
dar ʿeysh-e naqd kūsh ke chon ābkhor namānd
Ādam behesht rowże-ye dār-os-salām rā
mā rā bar āstān-e to bas ḥaqq-e khedmat ast
ey khāje bāzbīn be taraḥḥom gholām rā
Ḥāfeẓ morīd-e jām-e mey ast ey ṣabā borow
v-az bande bandegī berasān sheykh-e jām rā
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.