Ghazal 175 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
صبا به تهنیتِ پیرِ مِی‌فروش آمدکه موسمِ طرب و عیش و ناز و نوش آمد
sabâ be tahniyat-e pir-e meyforush âmad / ke mowsem-e tarab o eysh o nâz o nush âmad
The morning breeze came to congratulate the old wine-seller: the season of joy, pleasure, charm and drinking has arrived.
COUPLET 2
هوا مسیح‌نفس گشت و باد نافه‌گشایدرخت سبز شد و مرغ دَر خروش آمد
havâ masih-nafas gasht o bâd nâfe-goshây / derakht sabz shod o morgh dar khorush âmad
The air has the life-giving breath of the Messiah, and the wind opens pods of musk; the tree has turned green and the bird bursts into song.
COUPLET 3
تنورِ لاله چنان برفروخت بادِ بهارکه غنچه غرقِ عرق گشت و گل به جوش آمد
tanur-e lâle chenân barforukht bâd-e bahâr / ke ghonche ghargh-e aragh gasht o gol be jush âmad
The spring wind stoked the tulip's oven so hot that the bud was soaked in sweat and the rose came to a boil.
COUPLET 4
به گوشِ هوش نیوش از من و به عشرت کوشکه این سخن سَحَر از هاتفم به گوش آمد
be gush-e hush niyush az man o be eshrat kush / ke in sokhan sahar az hâtefam be gush âmad
Listen to me with the ear of your mind, and strive for joy: these words came to my ear at dawn from a voice from the unseen.
COUPLET 5
ز فکرِ تفرقه بازآی تا شوی مجموعبه حکمِ آنکه چو شد اهرمن سروش آمد
ze fekr-e tafraghe bâz ây tâ shavi majmu' / be hokm-e ân ke cho shod ahraman sorush âmad
Come back from scattered thoughts so that you become whole, by the rule that when the devil leaves, the angel comes.
COUPLET 6
ز مرغِ صبح ندانم که سوسنِ آزادچه گوش کرد که با دَه زبان خموش آمد
ze morgh-e sobh nadânam ke susan-e âzâd / che gush kard ke bâ dah zabân khamush âmad
I do not know what the free lily heard from the morning bird, that with all its ten tongues it fell silent.
COUPLET 7
چه جایِ صحبتِ نامحرم است مجلسِ انس؟سرِ پیاله بپوشان که خرقه‌پوش آمد
che jâ-ye sohbat-e nâmahram ast majles-e ons / sar-e piyâle bepushân ke kherghe-push âmad
The gathering of close friends is no place for outsiders' talk: cover the top of the cup, a cloaked Sufi has come.
COUPLET 8
ز خانقاه به میخانه می‌رود حافظمگر ز مستیِ زهدِ ریا به هوش آمد
ze khânghâh be meykhâne miravad Hâfez / magar ze masti-ye zohd-e riyâ be hush âmad
Hafez is going from the Sufi lodge to the tavern; perhaps he has woken from the drunkenness of false piety.
What this fâl tells you
A fresh, lively season is beginning, and the voice at dawn says: gather yourself and make room for joy. Tradition reads this fal as advice to leave scattered, anxious thoughts behind; when worry goes, good guidance comes. Keep your private joys among trusted friends.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: âmad ("came"). qâfiye: -ush (meyforush, nush, khorush, jush, gush, sorush, khamush, kherghe-push, hush).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| tahniyat | congratulation dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| tarab | joy, merriment dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| ناز | nâz | coquetry, airs dictionary |
| نوش | nush | drink! (= benush) (بنوش) dictionary |
| هوا | havâ | air dictionary |
| گشت | gasht | became dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| derakht | tree dictionary | |
| sabz | green dictionary | |
| shod | went, left (classical); became (رفت) dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| khorush | loud cry, song dictionary | |
| tanur | oven dictionary | |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| barforukht | kindled, stoked dictionary | |
| bahâr | spring dictionary | |
| ghonche | bud dictionary | |
| ghargh | drowned, immersed dictionary | |
| aragh | sweat (dew on the bud) dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| jush | boiling; be jush âmad = came to a boil dictionary | |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| نیوش | niyush | listen! hear! (بشنو) |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| کوش | kush | strive! try! (بکوش) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| sehr | magic dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| فکر | fekr | thought dictionary |
| tafraghe | scattering, distraction (of the mind) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| shavi | (that) you become dictionary | |
| مجموع | majmu' | gathered, whole, composed dictionary |
| hokm | command, control dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| sorush | angel, divine messenger dictionary | |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| ندانم | nadânam | I do not know (نمی‌دانم) dictionary |
| âzâd | free dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| dah | ten dictionary | |
| zabân | tongue; language dictionary | |
| khamush | silent; hush! (خاموش) dictionary | |
| jâ-ye | place of; che jâ-ye = what place for? dictionary | |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| پیاله | piyâle | cup dictionary |
| bepushân | cover! dictionary | |
| kherghe-push | wearer of the Sufi cloak dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| می‌رود | miravad | is going dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| مستی | masti | intoxication dictionary |
| riyâ | hypocrisy, showing off piety dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 175. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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