Ghazal 148 of Hafez (5 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 short, hopeful fal: you have put yourself in the right place, and now you wait for a helping hand. Tradition reads it as a sign that the one you hope for may reach out to you. Keep your heart joyful and loyal to the love you have had from the beginning.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: girad. qâfiye: -ast (dast, shekast, mast, shast, alast). mey-e alast: the wine of the primordial covenant, when God asked souls "Am I not your Lord?" (alastu birabbikum).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| یارم | yâram | my beloved dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| گیرد | girad | takes, catches dictionary |
| bâzâr | bazaar, market dictionary | |
| botân | idols: the beauties dictionary | |
| shekast | breaking; shekast gereftan = collapse dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| bedid | saw (دید) dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| کو | ku | where is? (کجاست) dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| فتادهام | fetâde-am | I have fallen (افتادهام) dictionary |
| mâhi | fish dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| shast | fishhook dictionary | |
| پاش | pâsh | her feet (= pâ-yash) (پایش) dictionary |
| zâri | weeping, lament dictionary | |
| âyâ | is it possible? (question word) dictionary | |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| khorram | cheerful dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| jâmi | a cup dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 148. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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