Ghazal 180 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
ای پستهٔ تو خنده زده بر حدیثِ قندمشتاقم از برای خدا یک شِکَر بخند
ey peste-ye to khande zade bar hadis-e ghand / moshtâgham az barâ-ye khodâ yek shekar bekhand
O you whose pistachio mouth has laughed at all the talk of sugar: I am longing for you; for God's sake, laugh one sugary laugh.
COUPLET 2
طوبی ز قامتِ تو نیارد که دَم زندزین قصّه بگذرم که سخن می‌شود بلند
tubâ ze ghâmat-e to nayârad ke dam zanad / z-in ghesse bogzaram ke sokhan mishavad boland
Even the Tuba tree of paradise does not dare to boast beside your stature. I will leave this story, or my words will grow too long.
COUPLET 3
خواهی که برنخیزدت از دیده رودِ خوندل در وفایِ صحبتِ رودِ کسان مَبَند
khâhi ke bar-nakhizadat az dide rud-e khun / del dar vafâ-ye sohbat-e rud-e kasân maband
If you do not want a river of blood to rise from your eyes, do not tie your heart to the loyalty of other people's children.
COUPLET 4
گر جلوه می‌نمایی و گر طعنه می‌زنیما نیستیم معتقدِ شیخِ خودپسند
gar jelve minamâyi o gar ta'ne mizani / mâ nistim mo'taghed-e sheykh-e khodpasand
Whether you show yourself off or sneer at us, we are no followers of a self-admiring sheikh.
COUPLET 5
ز آشفتگیِ حالِ من آگاه کِی شود؟آن را که دل نگشت گرفتارِ این کمند
z-âshoftegi-ye hâl-e man âgâh key shavad / ân râ ke del nagasht gereftâr-e in kamand
How could anyone whose heart was never caught in this lasso understand my troubled state?
COUPLET 6
بازارِ شوق گرم شد آن سروْقد کجاست؟تا جانِ خود بر آتش رویش کُنم سپند
bâzâr-e showgh garm shod, ân sarv-ghad kojâst / tâ jân-e khod bar âtash-e ruyash konam sepand
The market of longing is busy: where is that one with the cypress stature, so that I can throw my soul like rue seed on the fire of that face?
COUPLET 7
جایی که یارِ ما به شِکَرخنده دَم زندای پسته کیستی تو، خدا را به خود مخند
jâyi ke yâr-e mâ be shekar-khande dam zanad / ey peste kisti to, khodâ râ be khod makhand
Where our beloved breathes a sugary smile, who are you, pistachio? For God's sake, do not make yourself a joke by laughing.
COUPLET 8
حافظ چو تَرکِ غمزهٔ تُرکان نمی‌کنیدانی کجاست جای تو؟ خوارزم یا خُجَند
Hâfez cho tark-e ghamze-ye torkân nemikoni / dâni kojâst jâ-ye to, khârazm yâ khojand
Hafez, since you will not give up the glances of Turkish beauties, do you know where you belong? In Khwarazm or Khujand.
What this fâl tells you
Sweetness is near, but it asks for a little humility. Tradition reads this fal as advice not to tie your hopes to people who have shown no loyalty, and not to follow those who admire only themselves. Your longing is warm and alive; let it lead you toward the one who truly smiles back.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -and (ghand, bekhand, boland, maband, khodpasand, kamand, sepand, makhand, khojand).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| پستهٔ | peste | pistachio (image of a small smiling mouth) dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| khande | laughter dictionary | |
| zade | struck; khande zade = has laughed (at) dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| مشتاقم | moshtâgham | I am longing dictionary |
| barâ-ye | for dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| shekar | sugar dictionary | |
| bekhand | laugh! dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| قامت | ghâmat | stature, figure dictionary |
| نیارد | nayârad | does not dare (جرئت نمی‌کند) |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| zanad | strikes; dam zadan = to speak, to breathe dictionary | |
| z-in | from this (= az in); z-in pish = before this (از این) | |
| قصه | ghesse | story dictionary |
| bogzaram | (that) I pass over, leave aside dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| می‌شود | mishavad | becomes dictionary |
| boland | high; famous dictionary | |
| khâhi | you want dictionary | |
| bar-nakhizadat | (does not) rise for you dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| rud | river dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| وفای | vafâ | loyalty dictionary |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| rud | child, son (old word) (فرزند) dictionary | |
| کسان | kasân | other people dictionary |
| مبند | maband | do not tie! (نبند) dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| jelve | display, showing oneself dictionary | |
| minamâyi | you show dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| ta'ne-ye | sneer of, taunt of dictionary | |
| mizani | you strike; ta'ne mizani = you sneer dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| معتقد | mo'taghed | believer in, follower of dictionary |
| sheykh | sheikh, religious elder dictionary | |
| khodpasand | self-admiring, conceited dictionary | |
| âshoftegi | disorder, distress dictionary | |
| hâl | state, condition dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| âgâh | aware dictionary | |
| shavad | becomes dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| نگشت | nagasht | did not become dictionary |
| گرفتار | gereftâr | caught, captive dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| کمند | kamand | lasso dictionary |
| bâzâr | bazaar, market dictionary | |
| showgh | longing, eagerness dictionary | |
| گرم | garm | warm; busy (of a market) dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| khod | own; be khod = at yourself dictionary | |
| ruyash | his/her face dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| sepand | wild rue seed, burned against the evil eye (اسفند) | |
| jâyi | a place, where dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| مخند | makhand | do not laugh! dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| tark | giving up; tark kardan = to abandon dictionary | |
| nemikoni | you do not do dictionary | |
| dâni | you know (می‌دانی) dictionary | |
| jâ-ye | place of; be jâ-ye = toward, for (someone) (در حق) dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 180. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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