Ghazal 94 (غزل ۹۴) · Divan of Hafez
زان یارِ دلنوازم، شُکری است با شکایت
zān yār-e delnavāzam shokrīst bā shekāyat
gar noktedān-e ʿeshqī beshno to īn ḥekāyat
bīmozd būd o mennat har khedmatī ke kardam
yā rab mabād kas rā makhdūm-e bīʿenāyat
rendān-e teshnelab rā ābī nemīdehad kas
gūyī valīshenāsān raftand az īn velāyat
dar zolf-e chūn kamandash ey del mapīch kʾān jā
sarhā borīde bīnī bījorm o bījenāyat
chashmat be ghamze mā rā khūn khord o mīpasandī
jānā ravā nabāshad khūnrīz rā ḥemāyat
dar īn shab-e siyāham gom gasht rāh-e maqṣūd
az gūsheʾī borūn āy ey kowkab-e hedāyat
az har ṭaraf ke raftam joz vaḥshatam nayafzūd
zenhār az īn biyābān vīn rāh-e bīnehāyat
ey āftāb-e khūbān mījūshad andarūnam
yek sāʿatam begonjān dar sāye-ye ʿenāyat
īn rāh rā nehāyat ṣūrat kojā tavān bast
kesh ṣad hezār manzel bīsh ast dar bedāyat
har chand bordī ābam rūy az darat natābam
jowr az ḥabīb khoshtar kaz moddaʿī reʿāyat
ʿeshqat resad be faryād ar khod be sān-e Ḥāfeẓ
Qorʾān ze bar bekhānī dar chārdah revāyat
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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