Ghazal 10 of Hafez (7 couplets), in the original Persian as on Ganjoor, with a transliteration, a plain English translation, the meanings of key words and the traditional fâl-e Hâfez reading.
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COUPLET 1
دوش از مسجد سویِ میخانه آمد پیرِ ماچیست، یارانِ طریقت! بعد از این تدبیرِ ما؟
dush az masjed su-ye meykhâne âmad pir-e mâ / chist, yârân-e tarighat, ba'd az in tadbir-e mâ?
Last night our master left the mosque and came to the tavern. Friends on the path, what is our plan from now on?
COUPLET 2
ما مریدان روی سویِ قبله چون آریم؟ چونروی سویِ خانهٔ خَمّار دارد پیرِ ما
mâ moridân ru su-ye gheble chon ârim? chon / ru su-ye khâne-ye khammâr dârad pir-e mâ
How can we disciples turn our faces toward the qibla, when our master has turned his face toward the wine-seller's house?
COUPLET 3
در خراباتِ طریقت ما به هم منزل شویمکاین چنین رفته است در عهدِ ازل تقدیرِ ما
dar kharâbât-e tarighat mâ be ham manzel shavim / k-in chonin rafte-ast dar ahd-e azal taghdir-e mâ
In the tavern of the path we will lodge together, for this is how our fate was written in the age before time.
COUPLET 4
عقل اگر داند که دل در بندِ زلفش چون خوش استعاقلان دیوانه گردند از پیِ زنجیرِ ما
aghl agar dânad ke del dar band-e zolfash chon khosh ast / âghelân divâne gardand az pey-e zanjir-e mâ
If reason knew how happy the heart is caught in the bonds of that hair, the wise would go mad to wear our chain.
COUPLET 5
رویِ خوبت آیتی از لطف بر ما کشف کردزآن زمان جز لطف و خوبی نیست در تفسیرِ ما
ru-ye khubat âyati az lotf bar mâ kashf kard / z-ân zamân joz lotf o khubi nist dar tafsir-e mâ
Your lovely face revealed to us a verse of kindness; since then there is nothing in our commentary but kindness and beauty.
COUPLET 6
با دلِ سنگینت آیا هیچ درگیرد شبیآهِ آتشناک و سوزِ سینهٔ شبگیرِ ما؟
bâ del-e sanginat âyâ hich dargirad shabi / âh-e âtash-nâk o suz-e sine-ye shabgir-e mâ?
Will our fiery sighs and the burning of our chest, awake all night, ever one night touch your stony heart?
COUPLET 7
تیرِ آهِ ما ز گردون بگذرد، حافظ خموشرحم کن بر جانِ خود، پرهیز کن از تیرِ ما
tir-e âh-e mâ ze gardun bogzarad, Hâfez khamush / rahm kon bar jân-e khod, parhiz kon az tir-e mâ
The arrow of our sighs passes beyond the heavens. Hafez, be silent! Have mercy on your own soul and beware of our arrow.
What this fâl tells you
When someone you trust changes course, follow the heart rather than the outward form. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that a new path, even an unexpected one, may be written for you, and that kindness is the key to reading it. Speak gently: sincere sighs reach far, so use their power with care.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: mâ. qâfiye: -ir (pir, tadbir, taghdir, zanjir, tafsir, shabgir, tir).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| مسجد | masjed | mosque dictionary |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| یاران | yârân | friends dictionary |
| tarighat | the Sufi path dictionary | |
| ba'd | after; ba'd az in = from now on dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| tadbir | plan, course of action dictionary | |
| مریدان | moridân | disciples dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| ârim | we bring, turn (ru âvardan = turn one's face) dictionary | |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| shavim | we become, we will dictionary | |
| کاین | k-in | that these (= ke in) (که این) |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| rafte | gone; has been written (of fate) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| taghdir | fate, destiny dictionary | |
| aghl | reason, intellect dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| dânad | knows dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| band | rope, bond dictionary | |
| zolfash | her curls dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| âghelân | the sensible, the wise dictionary | |
| divâne | madman dictionary | |
| گردند | gardand | become (می‌شوند) dictionary |
| پی | pey | after; pey-e kâri gereftan = to go off about some business dictionary |
| zanjir | chain dictionary | |
| khubat | your fair (face) dictionary | |
| âyati | a verse (of the Quran), a sign dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| کشف | kashf | revealing; kashf kardan = to reveal dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| khubi | goodness, beauty dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| tafsir | explanation, commentary dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| sanginat | your heavy, stony dictionary | |
| âyâ | (question word) whether dictionary | |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| dargirad | takes effect, catches fire, touches (اثر کند) | |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| suz | burning dictionary | |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| tir | arrow dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| گردون | gardun | the turning sky; fortune dictionary |
| bogzarad | passes beyond dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| khamush | silent; hush! (خاموش) dictionary | |
| rahm | mercy dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| پرهیز | parhiz | abstaining; parhiz kon = beware dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 10. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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