Ghazal 70 (غزل ۷۰) · Divan of Hafez
مردم دیدهٔ ما جز به رُخَت ناظر نیست
mardom-e dīde-ye mā joz be rokhat nāẓer nīst
del-e sargashte-ye mā gheyr-e to rā zāker nīst
ashkam eḥrām-e ṭavāf-e ḥaramat mī-bandad
garche az khūn-e del-e rīsh damī ṭāher nīst
baste-ye dām o qafas bād cho morgh-e vaḥshī
ṭāyer-e sedre agar dar ṭalabat ṭāyer nīst
ʿāsheq-e mofles agar qalb-e delash kard nesār
makonash ʿeyb ke bar naqd-e ravān qāder nīst
ʿāqebat dast bedān sarv-e bolandash beresad
har ke rā dar ṭalabat hemmat-e ū qāṣer nīst
az ravān-bakhshī-ye ʿĪsā nazanam dam hargez
z-ān ke dar rūḥ-fazāyī cho labat māher nīst
man ke dar ātash-e sowdā-ye to āhī nazanam
key tavān goft ke bar dāgh, delam ṣāber nīst
rūz-e avval ke sar-e zolf-e to dīdam goftam
ke parīshānī-ye īn selsele rā ākher nīst
sar-e peyvand-e to tanhā na del-e Ḥāfeẓ rāst
kīst ān k-esh sar-e peyvand-e to dar khāṭer nīst
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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