Ghazal 78 (غزل ۷۸) · Divan of Hafez
دیدی که یار، جُز سَرِ جور و سِتَم نَداشت
dīdī ke yār joz sar-e jowr o setam nadāsht
beshkast ʿahd v-az gham-e mā hīch gham nadāsht
yā rab magīrash ar-che del-e chon kabūtaram
afkand o kosht o ʿezzat-e ṣeyd-e ḥaram nadāsht
bar man jafā ze bakht-e man āmad v-agarna yār
ḥāshā ke rasm-e loṭf o ṭarīq-e karam nadāsht
bā īn hame har ān-ke na khārī keshīd az ū
har jā ke raft hīch kasash moḥtaram nadāsht
sāqī biyār bāde o bā moḥtaseb begū
enkār-e mā makon ke chonīn jām Jam nadāsht
har rāhrov ke rah be ḥarīm-e darash nabord
meskīn borīd vādī o rah dar ḥaram nadāsht
Ḥāfeẓ bebar to gūy-e feṣāḥat ke moddaʿī
hīchash honar nabūd o khabar nīz ham nadāsht
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.