Ghazal 83 (غزل ۸۳) · Divan of Hafez
گر ز دستِ زلفِ مُشکینت خطایی رفت رفت
gar ze dast-e zolf-e moshkīnat khaṭāyī raft raft
var ze hendū-ye shomā bar mā jafāyī raft raft
barq-e ʿeshq ar kharman-e pashmīne-pūshī sūkht sūkht
jowr-e shāh-e kāmrān gar bar gedāyī raft raft
dar ṭarīqat ranjesh-e khāṭer nabāshad mey biyār
har kodūrat rā ke bīnī chon ṣafāyī raft raft
ʿeshq-bāzī rā taḥammol bāyad ey del pāy dār
gar malālī būd būd o gar khaṭāyī raft raft
gar delī az ghamze-ye deldār bārī bord bord
var miyān-e jān o jānān mājarāyī raft raft
az sokhan-chīnān malālat-hā padīd āmad valī
gar miyān-e ham-neshīnān nāsezāyī raft raft
ʿeyb-e Ḥāfeẓ gū makon vāʿeẓ ke raft az khānaqāh
pāy-e āzādī che bandī gar be jāyī raft raft
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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