Ghazal 113 of Hafez (6 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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What this fâl tells you
Someone holds the key to a heart that fate has locked, and that key is kindness. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that you will find healing where you came feeling broken, and that help may come from a person who has the chance to give it. Do not let too many advisers spoil a simple joy.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dâd ("gave"). qâfiye: -âni (neshâni, folâni, delsetâni, nâtavâni, ziyâni, jâni).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| neshâni | a sign, a clue; an address dictionary | |
| dâd | gave dictionary | |
| tâb | twist, curl dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| torre | lock of hair, curl dictionary | |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| khazâne-ye | treasury of dictionary | |
| asrâr | secrets dictionary | |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| قضا | ghazâ | fate, divine decree dictionary |
| darash | its door dictionary | |
| bebast | locked, shut dictionary | |
| کلیدش | kelidash | its key dictionary |
| dargâhat | your threshold, your court dictionary | |
| âmadam | I came dictionary | |
| tabib | doctor (پزشک) dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| to-am | of you (the -am belongs to andâkht: it cast me) dictionary | |
| tanash | his/her body dictionary | |
| dorost | sound, healthy dictionary | |
| delash | his/her heart dictionary | |
| shâd | happy; shâd kardan = cheer up dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| dâdash | it gave him/her; dast dâd = became possible dictionary | |
| یاری | yâri | friendship; a friend dictionary |
| nâtavâni | a helpless person dictionary | |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| معالجهٔ | moâleje-ye | treatment of, cure of dictionary |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| shâhed | beauty, the beloved (classical sense) dictionary | |
| ziyâni | any harm dictionary | |
| گذشت | gozasht | passed dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| raghibân | rivals in love dictionary | |
| darigh | withholding; darigh dâshtan = to hold back, deny dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| jâni | a life, a soul; jân dâdan = to die (of love) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 113. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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