Ghazal 13 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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What this fâl tells you
A fresh morning is breaking for you and a closed door is about to open. Tradition reads this fal as an invitation to enjoy the season you are in, with friends, before the moment passes. If something has been shut against you, turn to the One who opens all doors.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âb (sahâb, ashâb, ahbâb, nâb, yâb, abvâb, kabâb, shetâb). The second half-lines of beyts 1, 2 and 5 are Arabic.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| میدمد | midamad | is breaking (of dawn) dictionary |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bast | tied, fastened; shaped (surat bastan) dictionary | |
| sahâb | cloud (Arabic) (ابر) | |
| as-sabuh | the morning drink (Arabic) (شراب صبحگاهی) | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| ashâb | companions (Arabic) (یاران) dictionary | |
| میچکد | michekad | drips dictionary |
| ژاله | zhâle | dew dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| al-modâm | wine (Arabic, literally "the lasting") (شراب) dictionary | |
| ahbâb | friends, loved ones (دوستان) | |
| میوزد | mivazad | blows dictionary |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| behesht | paradise; here also "left" (behesht = past of heshtan) dictionary | |
| benushid | drink! (plural) dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| ناب | nâb | pure dictionary |
| takht | throne dictionary | |
| zade | has set up (a throne, a tent) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| râh | wine (Arabic) (شراب) | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| dar yâb | seize! grasp! dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| baste-and | they have closed dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| eftatah | open! (Arabic) (بگشا) | |
| مفتح | mofatteh | opener (Arabic); mofatteh-al-abvâb = Opener of doors, a name of God (گشاینده) |
| al-abvâb | the doors (Arabic) (درها) dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| dandânat | your teeth dictionary | |
| hoghugh | rights; hoghugh-e namak = the debt owed for shared bread and salt dictionary | |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| sine-hâ-ye | chests of dictionary | |
| کباب | kabâb | roasted, burning (hearts) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| ajab | wonder, strange dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| bebandand | they close dictionary | |
| میکده | meykade | tavern dictionary |
| shetâb | haste, hurry dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| پیکر | peykar | body, figure dictionary |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| benush | drink! dictionary | |
| bâde | wine dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 13. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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