Ghazal 98 (غزل ۹۸) · Divan of Hafez
اگر به مذهبِ تو خونِ عاشق است مُباح
agar be mazhab-e to khūn-e ʿāsheq ast mobāḥ
ṣalāḥ-e mā hame ān ast kʾān to rāst ṣalāḥ
savād-e zolf-e siyāh-e to jāʿelo ẓ-ẓolomāt
bayāż-e rū-ye cho māh-e to fāleqo l-aṣbāḥ
ze chīn-e zolf-e kamandat kasī nayāft khalāṣ
az ān kamānche-ye abrū o tīr-e chashm najāḥ
ze dīdeʾam shode yek cheshme dar kenār ravān
ke āshnā nakonad dar miyān-e ān mallāḥ
lab-e cho āb-e ḥayāt-e to hast qovvat-e jān
vojūd-e khākī-ye mā rā az ūst zekr-e ravāḥ
bedād laʿl-e labat būseʾī be ṣad zārī
gereft kām-e delam zū be ṣad hezār elḥāḥ
doʿā-ye jān-e to verd-e zabān-e moshtāqān
hamīshe tā ke bovad mottaṣel masā o ṣabāḥ
ṣalāḥ o towbe o taqvī ze mā majū Ḥāfeẓ
ze rend o ʿāsheq o majnūn kasī nayāft ṣalāḥ
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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