Ghazal 119 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
دلی که غیب‌نمای است و جامِ جم داردز خاتمی که دمی گم شود، چه غم دارد؟
deli ke gheyb-nemây ast o jâm-e jam dârad / ze khâtami ke dami gom shavad che gham dârad
A heart that reveals the unseen and holds the cup of Jamshid, why should it grieve over a signet ring lost for a moment?
COUPLET 2
به خَطُّ و خالِ گدایان مده خزینهٔ دلبه دستِ شاهوَشی دِه که محترم دارد
be khatt o khâl-e gedâyân madeh khazine-ye del / be dast-e shâhvashi deh ke mohtaram dârad
Do not give the treasury of your heart to the down and mole of beggars; give it into the hand of a kingly one who will treat it with honor.
COUPLET 3
نه هر درخت تحمّل کند جفایِ خزانغلامِ همتِ سروم که این قدم دارد
na har derakht tahammol konad jafâ-ye khazân / gholâm-e hemmat-e sarvam ke in ghadam dârad
Not every tree can bear the cruelty of autumn; I am a servant to the spirit of the cypress, which has this steadfastness.
COUPLET 4
رسید موسمِ آن کز طرب چو نرگسِ مستنهد به پایِ قدح هر که شش درم دارد
resid mowsem-e ân k-az tarab cho narges-e mast / nahad be pâ-ye ghadah har ke shesh derham dârad
The season has come when, like the drunken narcissus, anyone with six silver coins will joyfully lay them at the foot of the cup.
COUPLET 5
زر از بهایِ می اکنون چو گل دریغ مدارکه عقلِ کل به صدت عیب متّهم دارد
zar az bahâ-ye mey aknun cho gol dorigh madâr / ke aghl-e kol be sadat eyb mottaham dârad
Now, like the rose, do not hold back your gold from the price of wine, for Universal Reason accuses you of a hundred faults.
COUPLET 6
ز سِرِّ غیب، کس آگاه نیست؛ قصّه مخوانکدام مَحرمِ دل ره در این حرم دارد؟
ze serr-e gheyb kas âgâh nist ghesse makhân / kodâm mahram-e del rah dar in haram dârad
No one knows the secret of the unseen, so do not tell stories: which confidant of the heart has a way into this sanctuary?
COUPLET 7
دلم که لافِ تَجَرُّد زدی، کنون صد شغلبه بویِ زلفِ تو با بادِ صبحدم دارد
delam ke lâf-e tajarrod zadi konun sad shoghl / be bu-ye zolf-e to bâ bâd-e sobhdam dârad
My heart, which used to boast of being free of all ties, now has a hundred dealings with the dawn wind, in hope of the scent of your hair.
COUPLET 8
مرادِ دل ز که پرسم؟ که نیست دلداریکه جلوهٔ نظر و شیوهٔ کرم دارد
morâd-e del ze ke porsam ke nist deldâri / ke jelve-ye nazar o shive-ye karam dârad
Whom can I ask for my heart's desire? There is no beloved who has a gracious look and generous ways.
COUPLET 9
ز جَیبِ خرقهٔ حافظ چه طَرف بِتوان بستکه ما صمد طلبیدیم و او صَنم دارد
ze jeyb-e kherghe-ye Hâfez che tarf betavân bast / ke mâ samad talabidim o u sanam dârad
What gain can one get from the pocket of Hafez's cloak? We were seeking the Eternal God, and he keeps an idol.
What this fâl tells you
A heart that has the cup of Jamshid need not grieve over a small loss. Tradition reads this fal as advice to stand firm like the cypress through a hard season, and to give your trust only to someone worthy of it. Be generous now; the season of joy has come.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dârad ("has"). qâfiye: -am (jam, gham, mohtaram, ghadam, derham, mottaham, haram, sobhdam, karam, sanam). Beyt 1 alludes to Solomon's lost signet ring.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| deli | a heart dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| khâtami | a signet ring dictionary | |
| dami | a moment dictionary | |
| shavad | becomes dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| گدایان | gedâyân | beggars dictionary |
| مده | made | do not give! (نده) dictionary |
| khazine | treasury (گنجینه) | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| محترم | mohtaram | honored dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| derakht | tree dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| jafâ-ye | cruelty of dictionary | |
| khazân | autumn (پاییز) dictionary | |
| gholâm | servant dictionary | |
| sarvam | cypress + I am (sahi-sarvam: (servant) of that slender cypress) dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| قدم | ghadam | step dictionary |
| resid | arrived, came dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| tarab | joy, merriment dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| نهد | nahad | lays, puts dictionary |
| پای | pâ | foot; az pâ oftâdan = to collapse dictionary |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| shesh | six dictionary | |
| zar | gold dictionary | |
| bahâ | price dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| aknun | now (حالا) dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| darigh | withholding; darigh dâshtan = to hold back, deny dictionary | |
| مدار | madâr | do not have (old imperative of dâshtan) (نداشته باش) dictionary |
| aghl | reason, intellect dictionary | |
| کل | kol | whole, universal; aghl-e kol = Universal Reason dictionary |
| sadat | you ... a hundred (= sad ... to râ) dictionary | |
| eyb | fault, flaw dictionary | |
| متهم | mottaham | accused, suspected dictionary |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| âgâh | aware dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| قصه | ghesse | story dictionary |
| مخوان | makhân | do not recite! do not read! (نخوان) dictionary |
| کدام | kodâm | which dictionary |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| لاف | lâf | boast dictionary |
| zadi | you shot, you struck dictionary | |
| کنون | konun | now (اکنون) |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| shoghl | occupation, business, dealing dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| مراد | morâd | wish, desire dictionary |
| پرسم | porsam | I ask dictionary |
| jelve | display, showing oneself dictionary | |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| shive | manner, way dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| taraf | side, region dictionary | |
| betavân | one can dictionary | |
| bast | tied, fastened; shaped (surat bastan) dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| talabidim | we sought dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| sanam | idol; the beloved (بت) |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 119. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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