Ghazal 99 (غزل ۹۹) · Divan of Hafez
دلِ من در هوایِ روی فرخ
del-e man dar havā-ye rū-ye Farrokh
bovad āshofte hamchūn mū-ye Farrokh
be joz Hendū-ye zolfash hīch kas nīst
ke barkhordār shod az rū-ye Farrokh
siyāhī nīkbakht ast ān ke dāʾem
bovad hamrāz o hamzānū-ye Farrokh
shavad chūn bīd larzān sarv-e āzād
agar bīnad qadd-e deljū-ye Farrokh
bedeh sāqī sharāb-e arghavānī
be yād-e narges-e jādū-ye Farrokh
do tā shod qāmatam hamchūn kamānī
ze gham peyvaste chūn abrū-ye Farrokh
nasīm-e moshk-e tātārī khejel kard
shamīm-e zolf-e ʿanbarbū-ye Farrokh
agar meyl-e del-e har kas be jāyīst
bovad meyl-e del-e man sū-ye Farrokh
gholām-e hemmat-e ānam ke bāshad
cho Ḥāfeẓ bande o Hendū-ye Farrokh
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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