Ghazal 142 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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COUPLET 1
دوستان دخترِ رَز توبه ز مستوری کردشد سویِ محتسب و کار به دستوری کرد
dustân dokhtar-e raz towbe ze masturi kard / shod su-ye mohtaseb o kâr be dasturi kard
Friends, the daughter of the vine has repented of staying veiled; she went to the morals officer and acted with his permission.
COUPLET 2
آمد از پرده به مجلس عَرَقَش پاک کنیدتا نگویند حریفان که چرا دوری کرد
âmad az parde be majlis, araghash pâk konid / tâ naguyand harifân ke cherâ duri kard
She has come out from behind the curtain into the gathering: wipe her sweat, so the companions do not say, "Why did she stay away?"
COUPLET 3
مژدگانی بده ای دل که دگر مطربِ عشقراهِ مستانه زد و چارهٔ مخموری کرد
mozhdegâni bede ey del ke degar motreb-e eshgh / râh-e mastâne zad o châre-ye makhmuri kard
Give a reward for good news, heart: love's minstrel has played a drunken tune again and cured the hangover.
COUPLET 4
نه به هفت آب، که رنگش به صد آتش نرودآن چه با خرقهٔ زاهد، مِی انگوری کرد
na be haft âb ke rangash be sad âtash naravad / ânche bâ kherghe-ye zâhed mey-e angurí kard
Not seven washings, not even a hundred fires, will remove the stain that grape wine left on the ascetic's robe.
COUPLET 5
غنچهٔ گُلبُنِ وصلم ز نسیمش بِشِکُفتمرغ خوشخوان طرب از برگِ گلِ سوری کرد
ghonche-ye golbon-e vaslam ze nasimash beshkoft / morgh-e khoshkhân tarab az barg-e gol-e suri kard
The bud on the rosebush of my union opened in its breeze; the sweet-singing bird rejoiced over the petals of the red rose.
COUPLET 6
حافظ افتادگی از دست مده زان که حسودعِرض و مال و دل و دین در سرِ مغروری کرد
Hâfez oftâdegi az dast made z-ân ke hasud / erz o mâl o del o din dar sar-e maghruri kard
Hafez, do not let go of humility, for the envious man lost honor, wealth, heart and faith to his pride.
What this fâl tells you
Good news: what was hidden has come out into the open, and the gathering can rejoice. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that a closed bud is about to open and a long dryness will end. Celebrate, but keep your humility, for pride undoes everything.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: kard. qâfiye: -uri (masturi, dasturi, duri, makhmuri, angurí, suri, maghruri). dokhtar-e raz, "daughter of the vine", is wine.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dustân | friends dictionary | |
| dokhtar-e | daughter of; dokhtar-e raz = wine dictionary | |
| raz | grapevine (تاک) | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dasturi | permission dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| araghash | her sweat (also: arak, spirit) dictionary | |
| پاک | pâk | clean; pâk kardan = wipe dictionary |
| کنید | konid | do! (plural) dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| نگویند | naguyand | they do not say dictionary |
| harifân | companions, fellow drinkers dictionary | |
| چرا | cherâ | why dictionary |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| zad | struck; dam zad = breathed out, shone; âtash zad = set on fire dictionary | |
| چارهٔ | châre-ye | remedy of dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| هفت | haft | seven; haft keshvar = the seven climes, the whole world dictionary |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| rangash | its color, its stain dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| نرود | naravad | will not go away dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| angurí | of grapes dictionary | |
| ghonche-ye | bud of dictionary | |
| گلبن | golbon-e | rosebush of dictionary |
| نسیمش | nasimash | its breeze dictionary |
| beshkoft | bloomed, opened dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| tarab | joy, merriment dictionary | |
| barg-e | leaf, petal of dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| oftâdegi | humility dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| مده | made | do not give, do not let go of (نده) dictionary |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| hasud | envious (person) dictionary | |
| erz | honor, reputation (آبرو) | |
| مال | mâl | wealth, property dictionary |
| din | faith dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 142. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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