Ghazal 74 (غزل ۷۴) · Divan of Hafez
حاصلِ کارگه کون و مکان این همه نیست
ḥāṣel-e kārgah-e kown o makān īn hame nīst
bāde pīsh ār ke asbāb-e jahān īn hame nīst
az del o jān sharaf-e ṣoḥbat-e jānān gharaż ast
gharaż īn ast v-agar-na del o jān īn hame nīst
mennat-e sedre o ṭūbā ze pey-e sāye makesh
ke cho khosh bengarī ey sarv-e ravān īn hame nīst
dowlat ān ast ke bī khūn-e del āyad be kenār
var-na bā saʿy o ʿamal bāgh-e jenān īn hame nīst
panj rūzī ke dar īn marḥale mohlat dārī
khosh biyāsāy zamānī ke zamān īn hame nīst
bar lab-e baḥr-e fanā montaẓerīm ey sāqī
forṣatī dān ke ze lab tā be dahān īn hame nīst
zāhed īman mashow az bāzī-ye gheyrat zenhār
ke rah az ṣowmaʿe tā deyr-e moghān īn hame nīst
dard-mandī-ye man-e sūkhte-ye zār o nazār
ẓāheran ḥājat-e taqrīr o bayān īn hame nīst
nām-e Ḥāfeẓ raqam-e nīk pazīroft valī
pīsh-e rendān raqam-e sūd o ziyān īn hame 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.