Ghazal 84 (غزل ۸۴) · Divan of Hafez
ساقی بیار باده که ماهِ صیام رفت
sāqī biyār bāde ke māh-e ṣiyām raft
dardeh qadaḥ ke mowsem-e nāmūs o nām raft
vaqt-e ʿazīz raft biyā tā qażā konīm
ʿomrī ke bī ḥożūr-e ṣorāḥī o jām raft
mastam kon ān chenān ke nadānam ze bī-khodī
dar ʿarṣe-ye khiyāl ke āmad kodām raft
bar būy-e ān ke jorʿe-ye jāmat be mā rasad
dar maṣṭabe doʿā-ye to har ṣobḥ o shām raft
del rā ke morde būd ḥayātī be jān rasīd
tā būyī az nasīm-e mey-ash dar mashām raft
zāhed ghorūr dāsht salāmat nabord rāh
rend az rah-e niyāz be dāro s-salām raft
naqd-e delī ke būd marā ṣarf-e bāde shod
qalb-e siyāh būd az ān dar ḥarām raft
dar tāb-e towbe chand tavān sūkht hamcho ʿūd
mey deh ke ʿomr dar sar-e sowdā-ye khām raft
dīgar makon naṣīḥat-e Ḥāfeẓ ke rah nayāft
gom-gashteʾī ke bāde-ye nābash be kām 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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