Ghazal 90 (غزل ۹۰) · Divan of Hafez
ای هدهد صبا به سبا میفرستمت
ey hodhod-e ṣabā be Sabā mīferestamat
bengar ke az kojā be kojā mīferestamat
ḥeyf ast ṭāyerī cho to dar khākdān-e gham
zīn jā be āshiyān-e vafā mīferestamat
dar rāh-e ʿeshq marḥale-ye qorb o boʿd nīst
mībīnamat ʿayān o doʿā mīferestamat
har ṣobḥ o shām qāfeleʾī az doʿā-ye kheyr
dar ṣoḥbat-e shomāl o ṣabā mīferestamat
tā lashkar-e ghamat nakonad molk-e del kharāb
jān-e ʿazīz-e khod be navā mīferestamat
ey ghāyeb az naẓar ke shodī hamneshīn-e del
mīgūyamat doʿā o sanā mīferestamat
dar rū-ye khod tafarroj-e ṣonʿ-e khodāy kon
kʾāyīne-ye khodāynamā mīferestamat
tā moṭrebān ze showq-e manat āgahī dehand
qowl o ghazal be sāz o navā mīferestamat
sāqī biyā ke hātef-e gheybam be mozhde goft
bā dard ṣabr kon ke davā mīferestamat
Ḥāfeẓ sorūd-e majles-e mā zekr-e kheyr-e tost
beshtāb hān ke asb o qabā mīferestamat
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.