Ghazal 89 (غزل ۸۹) · Divan of Hafez
یا رب سببی ساز که یارم به سلامت
yā rab sababī sāz ke yāram be salāmat
bāzāyad o berahānadam az band-e malāmat
khāk-e rah-e ān yār-e safarkarde biyārīd
tā chashm-e jahānbīn konamash jā-ye eqāmat
faryād ke az shesh jahatam rāh bebastand
ān khāl o khaṭ o zolf o rokh o ʿāreż o qāmat
emrūz ke dar dast-e toʾam marḥamatī kon
fardā ke shavam khāk che sūd ashk-e nadāmat
ey ān ke be taqrīr o bayān dam zanī az ʿeshq
mā bā to nadārīm sokhan kheyr o salāmat
darvīsh makon nāle ze shamshīr-e aḥebbā
kʾīn ṭāyefe az koshte setānand gharāmat
dar kherqe zan ātash ke kham-e abrū-ye sāqī
bar mīshekanad gūshe-ye meḥrāb-e emāmat
ḥāshā ke man az jowr o jafā-ye to benālam
bīdād-e laṭīfān hame loṭf ast o karāmat
kūte nakonad baḥs-e sar-e zolf-e to Ḥāfeẓ
peyvaste shod īn selsele tā rūz-e qiyāmat
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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