Ghazal 220 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
از دیده خونِ دل همه بر رویِ ما رَوَدبر رویِ ما ز دیده چه گویم چه‌ها رَوَد
az dide khun-e del hame bar ru-ye mâ ravad / bar ru-ye mâ ze dide che guyam che-hâ ravad
All my heart's blood runs from my eyes down my face; how can I say what things flow down my face from my eyes?
COUPLET 2
ما در درونِ سینه هوایی نهفته‌ایمبر باد اگر رَوَد دلِ ما زان هوا رود
mâ dar darun-e sine havâyi nahofte-im / bar bâd agar ravad del-e mâ z-ân havâ ravad
Deep in my chest I have hidden a longing; if my heart is blown away on the wind, it will be because of that desire.
COUPLET 3
خورشیدِ خاوری کُنَد از رَشک جامه چاکگر ماهِ مِهرپرورِ من در قبا رود
khorshid-e khâvari konad az rashk jâme châk / gar mâh-e mehrparvar-e man dar ghabâ ravad
The eastern sun will tear its robe in jealousy if my tender-hearted moon walks out in a robe.
COUPLET 4
بر خاکِ راهِ یار نهادیم رویِ خویشبر رویِ ما رواست اگر آشنا رود
bar khâk-e râh-e yâr nahâdim ru-ye khish / bar ru-ye mâ ravâst agar âshenâ ravad
I have laid my face on the dust of the beloved's road; it is only fitting if the friend walks over my face.
COUPLET 5
سیل است آبِ دیده و هر کس که بگذردگر خود دلش ز سنگ بُوَد هم ز جا رود
seyl ast âb-e dide o har kas ke bogzarad / gar khod delash ze sang bovad ham ze jâ ravad
My tears are a flood: whoever passes by, even with a heart of stone, will be swept from where they stand.
COUPLET 6
ما را به آبِ دیده شب و روز ماجراستزان رهگذر که بر سرِ کویش چرا رود
mâ râ be âb-e dide shab o ruz mâjarâst / z-ân rahgozar ke bar sar-e kuyash cherâ ravad
Night and day I quarrel with my tears over that path: why do they run along the beloved's street?
COUPLET 7
حافظ به کوی میکده دایم به صدقِ دلچون صوفیانِ صومعه دار از صفا رود
Hâfez be ku-ye meykade dâyem be sedgh-e del / chon sufiyân-e sowme'e-dâr az safâ ravad
Hafez always goes to the tavern's street with a sincere heart, with the purity of Sufis who keep to the cloister.
What this fâl tells you
Your feelings run deep, and they are not wasted. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that sincere longing can soften even a heart of stone. Approach the one you care for humbly and honestly; the purity of your intention is your best messenger.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: ravad ("goes, flows"). qâfiye: -â (mâ, che-hâ, havâ, ghabâ, âshenâ, jâ, cherâ, safâ). In beyt 7 safâ means "purity" and also recalls Safa, the hill in Mecca walked by pilgrims.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| rud | river dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| گویم | guyam | I say dictionary |
| چه‌ها | che-hâ | what things! dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| darun | inside dictionary | |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| havâyi | a longing, a desire (also: a breeze) dictionary | |
| نهفته‌ایم | nahofte-im | we have hidden dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| هوا | havâ | desire, passion (also: air) dictionary |
| khâvari | eastern dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| rashk | jealousy dictionary | |
| jâme-ye | garment of (لباس) dictionary | |
| چاک | châk | tear, slit dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| قبا | ghabâ | robe, long outer coat dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| نهادیم | nahâdim | we laid dictionary |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| ravâst | it is fitting, no wonder (= ravâ ast) dictionary | |
| âshenâ | friend, familiar one dictionary | |
| seyl | flood dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| bogzarad | passes beyond dictionary | |
| khod | even; gar khod = even if dictionary | |
| delash | his/her heart dictionary | |
| sang | stone dictionary | |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| jâ | place dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| ماجراست | mâjarâst | there is a quarrel (= mâjarâ ast) dictionary |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| کویش | kuyash | the beloved's street dictionary |
| چرا | cherâ | why dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ku-ye | street, quarter (of) (کوچه) | |
| میکده | meykade | tavern dictionary |
| dâyem | always (دائم) | |
| sedgh | sincerity, truth dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| sowme'e | cloister, hermitage (place of formal piety) dictionary | |
| dâr | keeping; sowme'e-dâr = keeping to the cloister dictionary | |
| safâ | purity, brightness, joy dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 220. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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