Ghazal 205 of Hafez (7 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
تا ز میخانه و مِی نام و نشان خواهد بودسرِ ما خاکِ رَهِ پیرِ مُغان خواهد بود
tâ ze meykhâne o mey nâm o neshân khâhad bud / sar-e mâ khâk-e rah-e pir-e moghân khâhad bud
As long as there is any name or trace of the tavern and wine, my head will be dust on the path of the elder of the Magi.
COUPLET 2
حلقهٔ پیرِ مغان از ازلم در گوش استبر همانیم که بودیم و همان خواهد بود
halghe-ye pir-e moghân az azalam dar gush ast / bar hamânim ke budim o hamân khâhad bud
Since before time began I have worn the elder of the Magi's ring in my ear as his servant; we are as we were, and so it will remain.
COUPLET 3
بر سرِ تربتِ ما چون گذری همّت خواهکه زیارتگَهِ رِندانِ جهان خواهد بود
bar sar-e torbat-e mâ chon gozari hemmat khâh / ke ziyâratgah-e rendân-e jahân khâhad bud
When you pass by my grave, ask for a blessing, for it will be a shrine for the free spirits of the world.
COUPLET 4
برو ای زاهدِ خودبین که ز چشمِ من و تورازِ این پرده نهان است و نهان خواهد بود
borow ey zâhed-e khodbin ke ze cheshm-e man o to / râz-e in parde nahân ast o nahân khâhad bud
Go, self-admiring ascetic: the secret behind this veil is hidden from your eyes and mine, and will stay hidden.
COUPLET 5
تُرکِ عاشق‌کُشِ من مست برون رفت امروزتا دگر خونِ که از دیده روان خواهد بود
tork-e âshegh-kosh-e man mast borun raft emruz / tâ degar khun-e ke az dide ravân khâhad bud
My lover-killing Turk went out drunk today; let us see whose blood will flow from the eyes this time.
COUPLET 6
چشمم آن دَم که ز شوقِ تو نَهَد سر به لَحَدتا دَمِ صبحِ قیامت نگران خواهد بود
cheshmam ân dam ke ze showgh-e to nahad sar be lahad / tâ dam-e sobh-e ghiyâmat negarân khâhad bud
When my eye lays its head in the grave out of longing for you, it will keep watching for you until the dawn of Resurrection.
COUPLET 7
بختِ حافظ گر از این گونه مدد خواهد کردزلفِ معشوقه به دستِ دگران خواهد بود
bakht-e Hâfez gar az in gune madad khâhad kard / zolf-e ma'shughe be dast-e degarân khâhad bud
If Hafez's luck keeps helping him like this, the beloved's curls will end up in other people's hands.
What this fâl tells you
Your loyalty is deep and lasting. Tradition reads this fal as a promise that faithfulness to a good path and a good guide will be honored, so do not trouble yourself over secrets no one can know. One gentle warning: do not leave everything to luck; take your own step toward what you want.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: khâhad bud ("will be"). qâfiye: -ân (neshân, moghân, hamân, jahân, nahân, ravân, negarân, degarân).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| نشان | neshân | sign dictionary |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| bud | be (khâhad bud = will be) dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| halghe | circle, ring dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| همانیم | hamânim | we are the same dictionary |
| budim | we were dictionary | |
| همان | hamân | the same dictionary |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| gozari | you pass by dictionary | |
| khâh | ask for! want! (بخواه) dictionary | |
| ziyâratgah | shrine, place of pilgrimage (زیارتگاه) | |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| khodbin | self-admiring, conceited (خودپسند) dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| râz | secret dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| نهان | nahân | hidden (پنهان) dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| borun | out (= birun) (بیرون) dictionary | |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| emruz | today dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| چشمم | cheshmam | my eye dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| showgh | longing, eagerness dictionary | |
| نهد | nahad | lays, places dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| نگران | negarân | watching, looking out; anxious dictionary |
| bakht | luck, fortune dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| گونه | gune | kind, sort dictionary |
| مدد | madad | help dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| معشوقه | ma'shughe | beloved dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| degarân | others (دیگران) |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 205. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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