Hafez حافظ

poet · Shiraz, Persia · 1315?–1390

A poet who lived his whole life in Shiraz. Iranians still open his collected poems at random to tell the day's fortune.

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14th century

Come, cupbearer, pass the cup round and hand it to me too, for love looked easy at first, and then the troubles came.

الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کأسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکل ها

Divan of Hafez, the first ghazal

14th century

Lost Joseph will come back to Canaan. Do not grieve. The hut of sorrows will one day be a rose garden. Do not grieve.

یوسف گم گشته بازآید به کنعان غم مخور کلبه احزان شود روزی گلستان غم مخور

Divan of Hafez, a ghazal

14th century

If that Turk of Shiraz would take my heart in hand, for the dark mole on that cheek I would give Samarkand and Bukhara.

اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را

Divan of Hafez, a ghazal

14th century

Plant the tree of friendship, for it bears the fruit your heart desires. Pull up the sapling of enmity, for it bears trouble past counting.

درخت دوستی بنشان که کام دل به بار آرد نهال دشمنی برکن که رنج بی شمار آرد

Divan of Hafez, a ghazal

14th century

The peace of both worlds is the gloss on these two phrases: with friends, generosity; with enemies, forbearance.

آسایش دو گیتی تفسیر این دو حرف است با دوستان مروت با دشمنان مدارا

The Divan of Hafez, a ghazal