Ghazal 150 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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COUPLET 1
ساقی ار باده از این دست به جام اندازدعارفان را همه در شُربِ مُدام اندازد
sâghi ar bâde az in dast be jâm andâzad / ârefân râ hame dar shorb-e modâm andâzad
If the cupbearer pours wine of this kind into the cup, he will throw all the mystics into endless drinking.
COUPLET 2
ور چُنین زیرِ خَم زلف نهد دانهٔ خالای بسا مرغِ خِرَد را که به دام اندازد
var chonin zir-e kham-e zolf nahad dâne-ye khâl / ey basâ morgh-e kherad râ ke be dâm andâzad
And if he sets the bait of a beauty spot under the curl of his hair like this, how many birds of reason he will trap!
COUPLET 3
ای خوشا دولتِ آن مست که در پایِ حریفسر و دستار نداند که کدام اندازد
ey khoshâ dowlat-e ân mast ke dar pâ-ye harif / sar o dastâr nadânad ke kodâm andâzad
Happy the fortune of the drunk who, at his companion's feet, does not know which to throw down, his head or his turban.
COUPLET 4
زاهدِ خام که انکارِ مِی و جام کندپخته گردد چو نظر بر میِ خام اندازد
zâhed-e khâm ke enkâr-e mey o jâm konad / pokhte gardad cho nazar bar mey-e khâm andâzad
The raw ascetic who denies wine and cup will become ripe once he casts his eye on unaged wine.
COUPLET 5
روز در کسبِ هنر کوش که مِی خوردنِ روزدلِ چون آینه، در زنگِ ظَلام اندازد
ruz dar kasb-e honar kush ke mey khordan-e ruz / del-e chon âyene dar zang-e zalâm andâzad
By day, work to gain skill, for drinking wine in the daytime casts the mirror-like heart into the rust of darkness.
COUPLET 6
آن زمان وقتِ میِ صبح فروغ است که شبگِردِ خَرگاهِ افق پردهٔ شام اندازد
ân zamân vaght-e mey-e sobh-forugh ast ke shab / gerd-e khargâh-e ofogh parde-ye shâm andâzad
The time for wine as bright as morning is when night draws the curtain of evening around the tent of the horizon.
COUPLET 7
باده با محتسبِ شهر ننوشی زنهاربخورد باده‌ات و سنگ به جام اندازد
bâde bâ mohtaseb-e shahr nanushi zenhâr / bokhorad bâde-at o sang be jâm andâzad
Beware, never drink with the town's morals officer: he will drink your wine and then throw a stone at your cup.
COUPLET 8
حافظا سر ز کُلَه گوشهٔ خورشید برآربختت ار قرعه بدان ماهِ تمام اندازد
Hâfezâ sar ze kolah-gushe-ye khorshid bar âr / bakhtat ar ghor'e bedân mâh-e tamâm andâzad
Hafez, lift your head above the brim of the sun's cap, if your fortune casts its lot on that full moon.
What this fâl tells you
This ghazal gives good order to joy: work by day, celebrate by night, and choose your companions carefully. Tradition reads it as advice to put effort into your craft now and keep pleasures for their proper time. Beware of people who share your cup only to break it; if your lot falls well, hold your head high.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: andâzad. qâfiye: -âm (jâm, modâm, dâm, kodâm, khâm, zalâm, shâm, tamâm). modâm means both "constant" and "wine".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| andâzad | throws, casts dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| مدام | modâm | constant, lasting; also "wine" (pun) dictionary |
| ور | var | and if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| zir | under dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| نهد | nahad | places, sets (گذارد) dictionary |
| dâne | seed, grain; bead dictionary | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| kherad | reason, wisdom dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| پای | pâ | foot; az pâ oftâdan = to collapse dictionary |
| harif | companion (in drinking) dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dastâr | turban dictionary | |
| نداند | nadânad | does not know dictionary |
| کدام | kodâm | which dictionary |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| khâm | raw, unripe; (wine) new, unaged dictionary | |
| enkâr | denial dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| پخته | pokhte | cooked, ripe, mature dictionary |
| گردد | gardad | becomes (بشود) dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| کسب | kasb-e | acquiring of dictionary |
| هنر | honar | skill, art, virtue dictionary |
| کوش | kush | strive! try! (بکوش) dictionary |
| khordan-e | drinking of dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| âyene | mirror (آیینه) | |
| zalâm | darkness (Arabic) (تاریکی) | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| فروغ | forugh | light; sobh-forugh = bright as morning dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| گرد | gerd-e | around dictionary |
| ofogh | horizon dictionary | |
| پردهٔ | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| shâm | evening dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| shahr | town dictionary | |
| nanushi | you should not drink dictionary | |
| zenhâr | be sure! take care! dictionary | |
| bokhorad | he drinks dictionary | |
| bâde-at | your wine dictionary | |
| sang | stone dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| کله | kolah | cap; kolah-gushe = the tilted corner of a cap (کلاه) |
| گوشهٔ | gushe | corner dictionary |
| bakhtat | your fortune dictionary | |
| قرعه | ghor'e | lot (drawn for chance) dictionary |
| bedân | to that (point) (= be ân) (به آن) | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| tamâm | full; mâh-e tamâm = full moon dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 150. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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