Ghazal 71 (غزل ۷۱) · Divan of Hafez
زاهِدِ ظاهِرپَرَست از حالِ ما، آگاه نیست
zāhed-e zāher-parast az ḥāl-e mā āgāh nīst
dar ḥaqq-e mā har-che gūyad jā-ye hīch ekrāh nīst
dar ṭarīqat har-che pīsh-e sālek āyad kheyr-e ūst
dar ṣerāṭ-e mostaqīm ey del kasī gomrāh nīst
tā che bāzī rokh nomāyad beydaqī khāhīm rānd
ʿarṣe-ye shaṭranj-e rendān rā majāl-e shāh nīst
chīst īn saqf-e boland-e sāde-ye besyār-naqsh
z-īn moʿammā hīch dānā dar jahān āgāh nīst
īn che esteghnāst yā rab v-īn che qāder ḥekmat ast
k-īn-hame zakhm-e nahān ast o majāl-e āh nīst
ṣāḥeb-e dīvān-e mā gūyī nemī-dānad ḥesāb
k-andar īn ṭoghrā neshān-e ḥesbatan lellāh nīst
har ke khāhad gū biyā v-har-che khāhad gū begū
kebr o nāz o ḥājeb o darbān bed-īn dargāh nīst
bar dar-e meykhāne raftan kār-e yekrangān bovad
khod-forūshān rā be kūy-e mey-forūshān rāh nīst
har-che hast az qāmat-e nāsāz-e bī-andām-e māst
var-na tashrīf-e to bar bālā-ye kas kūtāh nīst
bande-ye pīr-e kharābātam ke loṭfash dāʾem ast
var-na loṭf-e sheykh o zāhed gāh hast o gāh nīst
Ḥāfeẓ ar bar ṣadr nanshīnad ze ʿālī-mashrabīst
ʿāsheq-e dordī-kash andar band-e māl o jāh 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.