Ghazal 212 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
یک دو جامم دی سحرگه اتفاق افتاده بودوز لبِ ساقی شرابم در مَذاق افتاده بود
yek do jâmam di sahargah ettefâgh oftâde bud / v-az lab-e sâghi sharâbam dar mazâgh oftâde bud
Yesterday at dawn I happened to have a cup or two, and wine from the cupbearer's lips had touched my palate.
COUPLET 2
از سرِ مستی دگر با شاهدِ عهدِ شبابرجعتی می‌خواستم لیکن طلاق افتاده بود
az sar-e masti degar bâ shâhed-e ahd-e shabâb / raj'ati mikhâstam likan talâgh oftâde bud
In my drunkenness I wanted to go back once more to the beauty of my youth, but the divorce had already happened.
COUPLET 3
در مقاماتِ طریقت هر کجا کردیم سِیرعافیت را با نظربازی فِراق افتاده بود
dar maghâmât-e tarighat har kojâ kardim seyr / âfiyat râ bâ nazarbâzi ferâgh oftâde bud
Wherever we traveled among the stations of the Path, safety and the gazing of love had always parted ways.
COUPLET 4
ساقیا جامِ دَمادَم ده که در سِیرِ طریقهر که عاشق‌وَش نیامد در نفاق افتاده بود
sâghiyâ jâm-e damâdam deh ke dar seyr-e tarigh / har ke âshegh-vash nayâmad dar nefâgh oftâde bud
Cupbearer, give me cup after cup, for on this journey whoever did not come as a lover fell into hypocrisy.
COUPLET 5
ای مُعَبِّر مژده‌ای فرما که دوشم آفتابدر شکرخوابِ صبوحی هم وثاق افتاده بود
ey mo'abber mozhde-i farmâ ke dusham âftâb / dar shekar-khâb-e sabuhi ham-vesâgh oftâde bud
O interpreter of dreams, give me good news: last night, in the sweet sleep after the dawn wine, the sun shared my room.
COUPLET 6
نقش می‌بستم که گیرم گوشه‌ای زان چشمِ مستطاقت و صبر از خَمِ ابروش طاق افتاده بود
naghsh mibastam ke giram gushe-i z-ân cheshm-e mast / tâghat o sabr az kham-e abrush tâgh oftâde bud
I was dreaming of catching a corner of that drunken eye, but the curve of that eyebrow had worn my patience and endurance thin.
COUPLET 7
گر نکردی نصرتِ دین، شاه یحیی، از کَرَمکار مُلک و دین ز نظم و اِتِّساق افتاده بود
gar nakardi nosrat-e din shâh yahyâ az karam / kâr-e molk o din ze nazm o ettesâgh oftâde bud
Had Shah Yahya not generously come to the aid of the faith, the affairs of state and religion would have fallen out of order and harmony.
COUPLET 8
حافظ آن ساعت که این نظمِ پریشان می‌نوشتطایرِ فکرش به دامِ اشتیاق افتاده بود
Hâfez ân sâ'at ke in nazm-e parishân minevesht / tâyer-e fekrash be dâm-e eshtiyâgh oftâde bud
At the hour Hafez was writing this scattered verse, the bird of his thought had fallen into the trap of longing.
What this fâl tells you
This ghazal holds a lucky dream: the sun came to share your room. Tradition reads this fal as good news on its way and a generous helper who will set your affairs in order. What belongs to the past cannot be taken back, so enjoy the grace of the present moment with an open heart.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: oftâde bud ("had fallen, had happened"). qâfiye: -âgh (ettefâgh, mazâgh, talâgh, ferâgh, nefâgh, vesâgh, tâgh, ettesâgh, eshtiyâgh). Shah Yahya was a Mozaffarid prince who ruled Yazd in Hafez's time.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| do | two dictionary | |
| jâmam | cups (+ -am: for me) dictionary | |
| di | yesterday (دیروز) | |
| sahargah | at dawn (سحرگاه) | |
| ettefâgh | alliance, joining together dictionary | |
| oftâde | has fallen; looks dictionary | |
| bud | was (oftâde bud = had fallen, had happened) dictionary | |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| sharâbam | wine (+ -am: my) dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| shâhed | beauty, the beloved (classical sense) dictionary | |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| shabâb | youth (جوانی) | |
| raj'ati | a return (also: taking back a divorced wife) dictionary | |
| می‌خواستم | mikhâstam | I wanted dictionary |
| لیکن | likan | but (ولی) |
| talâgh | divorce dictionary | |
| مقامات | maghâmât | spiritual stations, stages dictionary |
| tarighat | the Sufi path dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| کجا | kojâ | where; how? (rhetorical) dictionary |
| کردیم | kardim | we did dictionary |
| sâghiyâ | O cupbearer (sâghi + vocative -â) dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| tarigh | way, path dictionary | |
| نیامد | nayâmad | did not come dictionary |
| نفاق | nefâgh | hypocrisy dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| معبر | mo'abber | interpreter of dreams (خوابگزار) |
| فرما | farmâ | give! (polite) (بفرما) dictionary |
| dusham | last night (+ -am: with me) dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| هم | ham | co-, together; ham-vesâgh = sharing a room dictionary |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| می‌بستم | mibastam | I was forming; khiyâl bastan = to imagine dictionary |
| گیرم | giram | I catch, I take dictionary |
| gushe'i | a corner dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| tâghat | endurance dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| sabr | patience dictionary | |
| abrush | his/her eyebrow dictionary | |
| tâgh | worn out; tâgh oftâdan = to run out (pun on the arch of the brow) dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| nakardi | would not have done dictionary | |
| نصرت | nosrat | aid, support dictionary |
| din | religion, faith dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| نظم | nazm | order; verse (pun) dictionary |
| ettesâgh | harmony, good order (Arabic) (نظم) | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| sâ'at | hour, moment dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| پریشان | parishân | scattered, disheveled; distressed dictionary |
| می‌نوشت | minevesht | was writing dictionary |
| فکرش | fekrash | his thought dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| eshtiyâgh | longing, yearning dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 212. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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