Ghazal 104 of Hafez (8 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
جمالت آفتابِ هر نظر بادز خوبی رویِ خوبت خوب‌تر باد
jamâlat âftâb-e har nazar bâd / ze khubi ru-ye khubat khubtar bâd
May your beauty be the sun of every eye, and may your fair face grow ever fairer.
COUPLET 2
هُمای زلفِ شاهین شهپرت رادلِ شاهانِ عالم زیرِ پَر باد
homâ-ye zolf-e shâhin-shahparat râ / del-e shâhân-e âlam zir-e par bâd
May the hearts of the world's kings lie under the wing of the Homa bird of your hair, whose feathers are like a falcon's.
COUPLET 3
کسی کو بستهٔ زلفت نباشدچو زلفت درهم و زیر و زبر باد
kasi k-u baste-ye zolfat nabâshad / cho zolfat darham o zir o zebar bâd
Whoever is not bound by your curls, may he be like your curls: tangled and turned upside down.
COUPLET 4
دلی کو عاشقِ رویت نباشدهمیشه غرقه در خونِ جگر باد
deli k-u âsheq-e ruyat nabâshad / hamishe gharghe dar khun-e jegar bâd
Any heart that is not in love with your face, may it always drown in the blood of its own liver.
COUPLET 5
بُتا چون غَمزه‌ات ناوَک فشانددلِ مجروحِ من پیشش سپر باد
botâ chon ghamzeat nâvak feshânad / del-e majruh-e man pishash separ bâd
O idol, when your glance shoots its arrows, may my wounded heart be the shield in front of it.
COUPLET 6
چو لعل شکَّرینَت بوسه بخشدمذاقِ جانِ من زو پُرشِکر باد
cho la'l-e shekkarinat buse bakhshad / mazâgh-e jân-e man z-u por-shekar bâd
When your sugary ruby lips give a kiss, may the palate of my soul be filled with sugar from it.
COUPLET 7
مرا از توست هر دم تازه عشقیتو را هر ساعتی حُسنی دگر باد
marâ az tost har dam tâze eshghi / to râ har sâ'ati hosni degar bâd
Every moment you give me a new love; may you have a new beauty every hour.
COUPLET 8
به جان، مشتاق روی توست حافظتو را در حالِ مشتاقان نظر باد
be jân moshtâgh-e ru-ye tost Hâfez / to râ dar hâl-e moshtâghân nazar bâd
Hafez longs for your face with all his soul; may you cast a glance at the state of those who long for you.
What this fâl tells you
This is a ghazal of blessings: every line wishes the beloved more beauty and more grace. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that your devotion is sincere and will be seen. Keep offering your heart gently; a kind look from the one you care about is near.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâd ("may it be"). qâfiye: -ar (nazar, khubtar, par, zebar, jegar, separ, shekar, degar).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| jamâlat | your beauty dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| khubi | goodness, beauty dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| khubat | your fair (face) dictionary | |
| khubtar | fairer, more beautiful dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| shâhin | falcon dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| shâhân | kings dictionary | |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| zir | under dictionary | |
| پر | par | wing, feather dictionary |
| kasi | someone; har kasi = everyone dictionary | |
| کو | k-u | who (= ke u) (که او) dictionary |
| baste-ye | bound by, captive of dictionary | |
| zolfat | your curls dictionary | |
| نباشد | nabâshad | is not, will not be dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| darham | tangled, disordered dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| zebar | top; zir o zebar = upside down (زیر و رو) | |
| deli | a heart dictionary | |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| ruyat | your face dictionary | |
| همیشه | hamishe | always dictionary |
| gharghe | drowned, sunk (غرق) | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| jegar | liver; khun-e jegar = deep grief dictionary | |
| botâ | O idol! (the beautiful beloved) dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| فشاند | feshânad | scatters, shoots dictionary |
| مجروح | majruh | wounded (زخمی) dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| پیشش | pishash | in front of it dictionary |
| separ | shield dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| buse | kiss dictionary | |
| bakhshad | grants, gives dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| z-u | from it (= az u) (از او) | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| tost | is yours, is from you (= to ast) (تو است) | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| tâze | fresh, new dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| sâ'ati | each hour dictionary | |
| hosni | a beauty dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| مشتاق | moshtâgh | longing, yearning (for) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| hâl | state, condition dictionary | |
| مشتاقان | moshtâghân | those who long, lovers dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 104. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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