Ghazal 77 (غزل ۷۷) · Divan of Hafez
بُلْبُلی، بَرگِ گُلی خوشرَنْگ در مِنْقار داشت
bolbolī barg-e golī khosh-rang dar menqār dāsht
v-andar ān barg o navā khosh nāle-hā-ye zār dāsht
goftamash dar ʿeyn-e vaṣl īn nāle o faryād chīst
goft mā rā jelve-ye maʿshūq dar īn kār dāsht
yār agar nanshast bā mā nīst jā-ye eʿterāż
pādshāhī kāmrān būd az gedāyī ʿār dāsht
dar-nemī-gīrad niyāz o nāz-e mā bā ḥosn-e dūst
khorram ān k-az nāzanīnān bakht-e bar-khordār dāsht
khīz tā bar kelk-e ān naqqāsh jān afshān konīm
k-īn hame naqsh-e ʿajab dar gardesh-e pargār dāsht
gar morīd-e rāh-e ʿeshqī fekr-e badnāmī makon
sheykh-e ṣanʿān kherqe rahn-e khāne-ye khammār dāsht
vaqt-e ān shīrīn-qalandar khosh ke dar aṭvār-e seyr
zekr-e tasbīḥ-e malak dar ḥalqe-ye zonnār dāsht
chashm-e Ḥāfeẓ zīr-e bām-e qaṣr-e ān ḥūrī-seresht
shīve-ye jannātu tajrī taḥtahā l-anhār dāsht
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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