Ghazal 8 (غزل ۸) · Divan of Hafez
ساقیا برخیز و دَردِه جام را
sāqiyā barkhīz o dardeh jām rā
khāk bar sar kon gham-e ayyām rā
sāghar-e mey bar kafam neh tā ze bar
barkesham īn dalq-e azraqfām rā
garche badnāmīst nazd-e ʿāqelān
mā nemīkhāhīm nang o nām rā
bāde dardeh chand az īn bād-e ghorūr
khāk bar sar nafs-e nāfarjām rā
dūd-e āh-e sīne-ye nālān-e man
sūkht īn afsordegān-e khām rā
maḥram-e rāz-e del-e sheydā-ye khod
kas nemībīnam ze khāṣ o ʿām rā
bā delārāmī marā khāṭer khosh ast
k-az delam yekbāre bord ārām rā
nangarad dīgar be sarv andar chaman
harke dīd ān sarv-e sīmandām rā
ṣabr kon Ḥāfeẓ be sakhtī rūz o shab
ʿāqebat rūzī bīyābī kām rā
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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