Ghazal 179 of Hafez (9 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
رسید مژده که ایّامِ غم نخواهد ماندچنان نماند، چنین نیز هم نخواهد ماند
resid mozhde ke ayyâm-e gham nakhâhad mând / chenân namând, chenin niz ham nakhâhad mând
Good news has come: the days of sorrow will not last. Things did not stay as they were before, and they will not stay as they are now.
COUPLET 2
من ار چه در نظرِ یار خاک‌سار شدمرقیب نیز چنین محترم نخواهد ماند
man ar che dar nazar-e yâr khâksâr shodam / raghib niz chenin mohtaram nakhâhad mând
Even if I have become as lowly as dust in my love's eyes, my rival will not stay so honored either.
COUPLET 3
چو پرده‌دار به شمشیر می‌زند همه راکسی مُقیمِ حریمِ حَرَم نخواهد ماند
cho parde-dâr be shamshir mizanad hame râ / kasi moghim-e harim-e haram nakhâhad mând
Since the gatekeeper strikes everyone with his sword, no one will live in the sanctuary forever.
COUPLET 4
چه جایِ شُکر و شکایت ز نقشِ نیک و بد است؟چو بر صحیفهٔ هستی رقم نخواهد ماند
che jâ-ye shokr o shekâyat ze naghsh-e nik o bad ast / cho bar sahife-ye hasti ragham nakhâhad mând
Why give thanks or complain about the good and bad patterns of life, when no writing will remain on the page of existence?
COUPLET 5
سرودِ مجلسِ جمشید گفته‌اند این بودکه «جامِ باده بیاور که جم نخواهد ماند»
sorud-e majles-e jamshid gofteand in bud / ke jâm-e bâde biyâvar ke jam nakhâhad mând
They say this was the song at Jamshid's feasts: "Bring the cup of wine, for Jamshid will not last."
COUPLET 6
غنیمتی شِمُر ای شمع وصلِ پروانه!که این معامله تا صبح‌دم نخواهد ماند
ghanimati shomor ey sham' vasl-e parvâne / ke in mo'âmele tâ sobhdam nakhâhad mând
O candle, count the moth's company a gift: this meeting will not last until dawn.
COUPLET 7
توانگرا! دلِ درویشِ خود به دست آورکه مخزنِ زَر و گنجِ دِرَم نخواهد ماند
tavângarâ del-e darvish-e khod be dast âvar / ke makhzan-e zar o ganj-e deram nakhâhad mând
O wealthy one, win the heart of the poor person beside you: the storehouse of gold and the treasure of coins will not last.
COUPLET 8
بدین رَواقِ زَبَرجَد نوشته‌اند به زرکه «جز نکوییِ اهلِ کرم نخواهد ماند»
bedin ravâgh-e zabarjad nevesteand be zar / ke joz nekuyi-ye ahl-e karam nakhâhad mând
On this emerald porch of the sky they have written in gold: "Nothing will last but the good deeds of the generous."
COUPLET 9
ز مهربانیِ جانان طمع مَبر حافظکه نقشِ جور و نشانِ ستم نخواهد ماند
ze mehrabâni-ye jânân tama' mabor Hâfez / ke naghsh-e jowr o neshân-e setam nakhâhad mând
Hafez, do not give up hope of the beloved's kindness: the marks of cruelty and the traces of injustice will not last.
What this fâl tells you
This is the classic "this too shall pass" fal. Tradition reads it as clear good news: a hard time is ending and the sorrow you carry will not stay. Use this moment to be generous, because kindness is the one thing that lasts.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: nakhâhad mând ("will not remain"). qâfiye: -am (gham, ham, mohtaram, haram, ragham, jam, dam, deram, karam, setam).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| resid | arrived, came dictionary | |
| ayyâm | days, times dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| نخواهد | nakhâhad | will not dictionary |
| ماند | mând | remain (with nakhâhad: will not remain) dictionary |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| نماند | namând | did not remain dictionary |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| نیز | niz | also dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| shodam | I became dictionary | |
| raghib | rival in love dictionary | |
| محترم | mohtaram | honored dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| shamshir | sword dictionary | |
| می‌زند | mizanad | strikes dictionary |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| kasi | someone; har kasi = everyone dictionary | |
| مقیم | moghim | resident dictionary |
| harim | private precinct dictionary | |
| jâ-ye | place of; be jâ-ye = toward, for (someone) (در حق) dictionary | |
| shokr | thanks, gratitude; shokr-e izad = thank God dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| shekâyat | complaint dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| نیک | nik | good dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| hasti | existence, being dictionary | |
| ragham | writing, mark dictionary | |
| sorud | song dictionary | |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| گفته‌اند | gofteand | (they) have said dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| bud | was dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| biyâvar | bring! dictionary | |
| ghanimati | a godsend, a gift dictionary | |
| shomor | count! consider! (بشمار) dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| پروانه | parvâne | moth (the lover who burns in the candle's flame) dictionary |
| معامله | mo'âmele | dealing, exchange dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| tavângarâ | O rich one (vocative) (ای ثروتمند) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| âvar | bring!; be dast âvar = win (someone's heart) (بیاور) dictionary | |
| مخزن | makhzan | storehouse dictionary |
| zar | gold dictionary | |
| گنج | ganj | treasure dictionary |
| bedin | with this, in this (= be in) (با این) | |
| نوشته‌اند | nevesteand | (they) have written dictionary |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| نکویی | nekuyi | goodness, good deeds (نیکی) |
| ahl | people (of) dictionary | |
| مهربانی | mehrabâni | kindness dictionary |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| tama' | expectation; greed dictionary | |
| مبر | mabar | do not take; az yâd mabar = do not forget (نبر) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| نشان | neshân | sign dictionary |
| setam | injustice dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 179. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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