Ghazal 9 (غزل ۹) · Divan of Hafez
رونق عهد شباب است دگر بُستان را
rownaq-e ʿahd-e shabāb ast degar bostān rā
mīrasad možde-ye gol bolbol-e khoshalḥān rā
ey ṣabā gar be javānān-e chaman bāz rasī
khedmat-e mā beresān sarv o gol o reyḥān rā
gar chonīn jelve konad moghbache-ye bādeforūsh
khākrūb-e dar-e meykhāne konam možgān rā
ey ke bar mah keshī az ʿanbar-e sārā chowgān
możṭarebḥāl magardān man-e sargardān rā
tarsam īn qowm ke bar dordkashān mīkhandand
dar sar-e kār-e kharābāt konand īmān rā
yār-e mardān-e khodā bāsh ke dar kashtī-ye Nūḥ
hast khākī ke be ābī nakharad ṭūfān rā
borow az khāne-ye gardūn be dar o nān maṭlab
k-ān sīyahkāse dar ākhar bekoshad mehmān rā
harke rā khābgah ākhar moshtī khāk ast
gū che ḥājat ke be aflāk keshī eyvān rā
māh-e Kanʿānī-ye man masnad-e Meṣr ān-e to shod
vaqt-e ān ast ke bedrūd konī zendān rā
Ḥāfeẓā mey khor o rendī kon o khosh bāsh valī
dām-e tazvīr makon chon degarān Qorʾān 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.