Ghazal 107 of Hafez (9 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
حُسن تو همیشه در فزون بادرویت همه ساله لاله‌گون باد
hosn-e to hamishe dar fozun bâd / ruyat hame sâle lâle-gun bâd
May your beauty always be increasing, and your face be tulip-red all year long.
COUPLET 2
اندر سرِ ما خیالِ عشقتهر روز که باد در فزون باد
andar sar-e mâ khiyâl-e eshghat / har ruz ke bâd dar fozun bâd
In my head, may the thought of your love grow greater with every day that comes.
COUPLET 3
هر سرو که در چمن درآیددر خدمتِ قامتت نگون باد
har sarv ke dar chaman darâyad / dar khedmat-e ghâmatat negun bâd
Every cypress that rises in the garden, may it bow its head in service to your stature.
COUPLET 4
چشمی که نه فتنهٔ تو باشدچون گوهرِ اشک غرقِ خون باد
cheshmi ke na fetne-ye to bâshad / chon gowhar-e ashk gharq-e khun bâd
Any eye that is not enchanted by you, may it drown in blood like a pearl of tears.
COUPLET 5
چشمِ تو ز بهرِ دلرباییدر کردنِ سحر ذوفنون باد
cheshm-e to ze bahr-e delrobâyi / dar kardan-e sehr zu-fonun bâd
May your eye, to steal hearts, be a master of every art of sorcery.
COUPLET 6
هر جا که دلیست در غمِ توبی صبر و قرار و بی سکون باد
har jâ ke deli-st dar gham-e to / bi sabr o gharâr o bi sokun bâd
Wherever there is a heart grieving for you, may it be without patience, without rest, without calm.
COUPLET 7
قَدِّ همه دلبرانِ عالمپیشِ الفِ قَدَت چو نون باد
ghadd-e hame delbarân-e âlam / pish-e alef-e ghadat cho nun bâd
Beside the straight alef of your stature, may the figures of all the world's beauties be bent like the letter nun.
COUPLET 8
هر دل که ز عشقِ توست خالیاز حلقهٔ وصلِ تو برون باد
har del ke ze eshgh-e tost khâli / az halghe-ye vasl-e to borun bâd
Any heart that is empty of your love, may it be shut out of the circle of union with you.
COUPLET 9
لعلِ تو که هست جانِ حافظدور از لبِ مردمانِ دون باد
la'l-e to ke hast jân-e Hâfez / dur az lab-e mardomân-e dun bâd
Your ruby lip, which is Hafez's very soul, may it stay far from the lips of base people.
What this fâl tells you
A ghazal of growing love: everything here wishes for increase, freshness and steadiness. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that a feeling or a bond in your life is getting stronger day by day. Keep your treasure away from careless hands, and let it grow quietly.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâd ("may it be"). qâfiye: -un (fozun, lâle-gun, negun, khun, zu-fonun, sokun, nun, borun, dun). The ghazal plays on the letters alef (straight) and nun (bent).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| همیشه | hamishe | always dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| فزون | fozun | increase; dar fozun = growing (افزون) |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| ruyat | your face dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| sâle | year-long; hame sâle = all year dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| khiyâl | thought, image dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| khedmat | service dictionary | |
| قامتت | ghâmatat | your stature dictionary |
| نگون | negun | bowed, upside down (سرنگون) |
| cheshmi | an eye dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| فتنهٔ | fetne-ye | enchanted by, infatuated with dictionary |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| گوهر | gowhar | pearl, jewel dictionary |
| ashk | tear dictionary | |
| ghargh | drowned, immersed dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| bahr | sake; ze bahr-e = for the sake of (برای) | |
| delrobâyi | stealing hearts, charm dictionary | |
| کردن | kardan | doing; kardan-e sehr = working magic dictionary |
| sehr | magic dictionary | |
| zu-fonun | master of many arts (Arabic) (چیره‌دست) | |
| jâ | place dictionary | |
| deli-st | there is a heart (= deli ast) dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| sabr | patience dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| قرار | gharâr | calm, rest, peace of mind dictionary |
| sokun | calm, stillness dictionary | |
| delbarân | heart-stealers, beauties dictionary | |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| قدت | ghadat | your stature dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| tu-st | is (fold upon) fold dictionary | |
| khâli | empty dictionary | |
| halghe | circle, ring dictionary | |
| borun | out (= birun) (بیرون) dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| dowr | turn; the passing round of the cup; the age dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| مردمان | mardomân | people dictionary |
| dun | base, low, mean (پست) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 107. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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