Ghazal 102 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 آگهی ز یارِ سفر کرده داد بادمن نیز دل به باد دهم، هر چه باد باد
dush âgahi ze yâr-e safar-karde dâd bâd / man niz del be bâd daham har che bâd bâd
Last night the wind brought news of the beloved who went away; I too will give my heart to the wind, come what may.
COUPLET 2
کارم بدان رسید که همرازِ خود کنمهر شام برق لامِع و هر بامداد باد
kâram bedân resid ke hamrâz-e khod konam / har shâm bargh-e lâme' o har bâmdâd bâd
Things have come to such a point that every evening I confide in the flashing lightning, and every dawn in the wind.
COUPLET 3
در چینِ طرهٔ تو دل بی حِفاظِ منهرگز نگفت مسکنِ مألوف یاد باد
dar chin-e torre-ye to del-e bi-hefâz-e man / hargez nagoft maskan-e ma'luf yâd bâd
Caught in the folds of your curls, my reckless heart never once said, "I miss my old familiar home."
COUPLET 4
امروز قدرِ پندِ عزیزان شناختمیا رب روانِ ناصحِ ما از تو شاد باد
emruz ghadr-e pand-e azizân shenâkhtam / yâ rab ravân-e nâseh-e mâ az to shâd bâd
Today I have learned the worth of my dear ones' advice. O Lord, may the soul of the one who counseled me be made happy by You.
COUPLET 5
خون شد دلم به یادِ تو هر گَه که در چمنبندِ قبایِ غنچهٔ گل می‌گشاد باد
khun shod delam be yâd-e to har gah ke dar chaman / band-e ghabâ-ye ghonche-ye gol migoshâd bâd
My heart turned to blood remembering you whenever, in the meadow, the wind undid the fastening of the rosebud's robe.
COUPLET 6
از دست رفته بود وجودِ ضعیفِ منصبحم به بویِ وصلِ تو جان باز داد، باد
az dast rafte bud vojud-e za'if-e man / sobham be bu-ye vasl-e to jân bâz dâd bâd
My frail being had slipped away; at dawn the wind, with the scent of union with you, gave me back my life.
COUPLET 7
حافظ نهادِ نیکِ تو کامت بر آوردجان‌ها فدایِ مردمِ نیکو نهاد باد
Hâfez nahâd-e nik-e to kâmat bar âvarad / jân-hâ fadâ-ye mardom-e niku-nahâd bâd
Hafez, your good nature will fulfill your wishes. May many lives be sacrificed for people of good nature.
What this fâl tells you
News of someone far away is coming on the wind, and tradition reads this fal as a sign of word from a traveler or an old friend. Value the advice of people who care about you. Your good nature is your best asset: it will bring your wishes to fulfillment.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâd (both "wind" and "may it be"). qâfiye: -âd (dâd, bâd, bâmdâd, yâd, shâd, migoshâd, dâd, nahâd).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| âgahi | knowledge, information (آگاهی) dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| safar | journey dictionary | |
| کرده | karde | done; safar-karde = who has gone on a journey dictionary |
| dâd | gave dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| نیز | niz | also dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| bâd | wind; har che bâd bâd = come what may dictionary | |
| daham | I give dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کارم | kâram | my affairs, my work dictionary |
| bedân | to that (point) (= be ân) (به آن) | |
| resid | arrived, came dictionary | |
| khod | myself dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| shâm | evening dictionary | |
| bargh | lightning dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bâmdâd | early morning, dawn dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| چین | chin | China; also a curl, fold (pun) dictionary |
| torre | lock of hair, curl dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| hefâz | guard, protection; bi-hefâz = unguarded, reckless dictionary | |
| هرگز | hargez | never dictionary |
| نگفت | nagoft | did not say dictionary |
| مسکن | maskan | dwelling, home dictionary |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| bâd | may it be; yâd bâd = may it be remembered dictionary | |
| emruz | today dictionary | |
| قدر | ghadr | worth, value dictionary |
| پند | pand | advice dictionary |
| azizân | dear ones dictionary | |
| shenâkhtam | I recognized, learned dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| ravân | soul (روح) | |
| ناصح | nâseh | adviser dictionary |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| shâd | happy; shâd kardan = cheer up dictionary | |
| bâd | may it be dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| گه | gah | time; har gah = whenever (= gâh) (گاه) |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| band | rope, bond dictionary | |
| ghonche | bud, rosebud dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| می‌گشاد | migoshâd | was opening, undoing dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| rafte | gone; az dast rafte = lost dictionary | |
| bud | was; rafte bud = had gone dictionary | |
| za'if | weak dictionary | |
| sobham | at dawn ... me (sobh + -am) dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| bâz | back; bâz dâdan = to give back dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| نهاد | nahâd | nature, disposition dictionary |
| نیک | nik | good dictionary |
| کامت | kâmat | your wish dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| âvarad | brings; kâm bar âvardan = to fulfill a wish dictionary | |
| jân-hâ | lives, souls dictionary | |
| مردم | mardom | people dictionary |
| نیکو | niku | good dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 102. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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