Ghazal 106 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
تَنَت به نازِ طبیبان نیازمند مبادوجود نازکت آزردهٔ گزند مباد
tanat be nâz-e tabibân niyâzmand mabâd / vojud-e nâzokat âzorde-ye gazand mabâd
May your body never need the fussing of doctors; may your delicate being never be hurt by harm.
COUPLET 2
سلامتِ همه آفاق در سلامتِ توستبه هیچ عارضه شخصِ تو دردمند مباد
salâmat-e hame âfâgh dar salâmat-e tost / be hich âreze shakhs-e to dardmand mabâd
The health of all the world lies in your health; may no ailment ever bring you pain.
COUPLET 3
جمالِ صورت و معنی ز امنِ صحتِ توستکه ظاهرت دُژَم و باطنت نَژَند مباد
jamâl-e surat o ma'ni ze amn-e sehhat-e tost / ke zâherat dozham o bâtenat nazhand mabâd
The beauty of outer form and inner meaning comes from the safety of your health; may your outside never be gloomy nor your inside sad.
COUPLET 4
در این چمن چو درآید خزان به یغماییرهش به سروِ سهی قامتِ بلند مباد
dar in chaman cho darâyad khazân be yaghmâyi / rahash be sarv-e sahi-ghâmat-e boland mabâd
When autumn comes into this garden to plunder, may it find no road to your tall, straight cypress figure.
COUPLET 5
در آن بساط که حُسن تو جلوه آغازدمجالِ طعنهٔ بدبین و بدپسند مباد
dar ân basât ke hosn-e to jelve âghâzad / majâl-e ta'ne-ye badbin o badpasand mabâd
In the gathering where your beauty begins to shine, may the ill-wisher and fault-finder have no room to sneer.
COUPLET 6
هر آن که رویِ چو ماهت به چشمِ بد بیندبر آتشِ تو بجز جانِ او سپند مباد
har ân ke ru-ye cho mâhat be cheshm-e bad binad / bar âtash-e to bejoz jân-e u sepand mabâd
Whoever looks at your moonlike face with the evil eye, may nothing but his own soul be the rue seed burned on your fire.
COUPLET 7
شفا ز گفتهٔ شِکَّرفِشانِ حافظ جویکه حاجتت به عِلاجِ گلاب و قند مباد
shefâ ze gofte-ye shekkar-feshân-e Hâfez juy / ke hâjatat be alâj-e golâb o ghand mabâd
Seek healing in the sugar-scattering words of Hafez, so that you never need the cure of rosewater and sugar.
What this fâl tells you
This ghazal is a prayer for someone's health and protection from harm and the evil eye. Tradition reads this fal as a gentle blessing: worries about you or someone dear may ease, and envious looks will not touch you. Kind words and good company can be their own medicine.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: mabâd ("may it not be"). qâfiye: -and (gazand, dardmand, nazhand, boland, badpasand, sepand, ghand). Written for a patron who was ill.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| tanat | your body dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| ناز | nâz | coquetry, airs dictionary |
| tabibân | doctors (پزشکان) dictionary | |
| نیازمند | niyâzmand | in need dictionary |
| مباد | mabâd | may it not be (نباشد) dictionary |
| نازکت | nâzokat | your delicate dictionary |
| âzorde-ye | hurt by dictionary | |
| گزند | gazand | harm, injury dictionary |
| salâmat | health, safety dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| âfâgh | horizons; the whole world dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| tost | is yours (= to ast) (تو است) | |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| âreze | ailment, illness dictionary | |
| shakhs | person, self dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| jamâl | beauty dictionary | |
| surat | outward appearance, form dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| ma'ni | meaning, inner reality dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| amn | safety, security dictionary | |
| zâherat | your outside, appearance dictionary | |
| dozham | gloomy, frowning (غمگین) | |
| نژند | nazhand | sad, depressed (افسرده) |
| in | this dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| khazân | autumn (پاییز) dictionary | |
| yaghmâyi | a plunder, a raid dictionary | |
| rahash | its way, its road dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| قامت | ghâmat | stature, figure dictionary |
| boland | high; famous dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| basât | carpet; gathering, banquet dictionary | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| jelve | display, showing oneself dictionary | |
| âghâzad | begins (آغاز کند) | |
| مجال | majâl | room, chance dictionary |
| ta'ne-ye | sneer of, taunt of dictionary | |
| badbin | ill-wisher, one who looks with malice dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| ماهت | mâhat | your moon dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| binad | sees dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| bejoz | except (جز) | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| sepand | wild rue seed, burned against the evil eye (اسفند) | |
| گفتهٔ | gofte | words, what is said dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ju | stream (جوی) | |
| alâj | cure, treatment dictionary | |
| گلاب | golâb | rose water dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 106. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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