Ghazal, or Ode
Each complete verse of a ghazal follows the same rhyme pattern, as does each half-verse of the first line.
Persian Text
dar miyan-i pardah-i khun ‘ishq ra gulzarha
‘ashiqan ra ba jamal-i ‘ishq-i bi chun karha
‘aql guyad shish jihat haddast u birun rah nist
‘ishq guyad rah hast u raftah’am man barha
‘aql bazari bidid u tajiri aghaz kard
‘ishq didah zan suy bazar-i u bazarha
ay basa mansur-i pinhan zi‘timad-i jan-i ‘ishq
tark-i minbarha biguftah bar shudah bar darha
‘ashiqan-i durd kish ra dar daruna dhawqha
‘aqilan-i tirah dil ra dar darun inkarha
‘aql guyad pa manih kandar fana juz khar nist
‘ishq guyad ‘aql ra kandar tu ast an kharha
hin khamush kun khar-i hasti ra zi pa-yi dil bikan
ta bibini dar darun-i khwishtan gulzarha
Shams-i Tabrizi tu’i khurshid andar abr-i harf
chun bar amad aftabat mahw shud guftarha
Translation
See Love’s Alchemy, page 187
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