Ghazal 225 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
ساقی حدیثِ سرو و گل و لاله می‌رودوین بحث با ثَلاثهٔ غَسّاله می‌رود
sâghi hadis-e sarv o gol o lâle miravad / v-in bahs bâ salâse-ye ghassâle miravad
Cupbearer, the talk is of cypress, rose and tulip, and this discussion goes on over the three cups that wash away sorrow.
COUPLET 2
مِی ده که نوعروسِ چمن حَدِّ حُسن یافتکار این زمان ز صنعتِ دَلّاله می‌رود
mey deh ke now'arus-e chaman hadd-e hosn yâft / kâr in zamân ze san'at-e dallâle miravad
Give wine, for the young bride of the meadow has reached the height of her beauty; now the matter moves forward through the matchmaker's skill.
COUPLET 3
شِکَّرشِکن شَوَند همه طوطیانِ هندزین قندِ پارسی که به بَنگاله می‌رود
shekarshekan shavand hame tutiyân-e hend / z-in ghand-e pârsi ke be bangâle miravad
All the parrots of India will be cracking sugar over this Persian candy that is on its way to Bengal.
COUPLET 4
طِیِّ مکان ببین و زمان در سلوکِ شعرکاین طفل یک شبه رَهِ یک ساله می‌رود
tey-ye makân bebin o zamân dar soluk-e she'r / k-in tefl-e yekshabe rah-e yeksâle miravad
See how the journey of poetry folds up space and time: this child just one night old travels a road of a whole year.
COUPLET 5
آن چشمِ جادوانهٔ عابدفریب بینکش کاروانِ سِحْر ز دنباله می‌رود
ân cheshm-e jâduvâne-ye âbed-farib bin / k-ash kârvân-e sehr ze donbâle miravad
Look at that bewitching eye that deceives the devout: a whole caravan of magic follows in its trail.
COUPLET 6
از رَه مَرو به عشوهٔ دنیا که این عجوزمکّاره می‌نشیند و مُحتاله می‌رود
az rah marow be eshve-ye donyâ ke in ajuz / mokkâre mineshinad o mohtâle miravad
Do not be led astray by the world's flirting: this old woman sits down full of guile and walks away full of tricks.
COUPLET 7
بادِ بهار می‌وزد از گُلْسِتانِ شاهوز ژاله باده در قدحِ لاله می‌رود
bâd-e bahâr mivazad az golestân-e shâh / v-az zhâle bâde dar ghadah-e lâle miravad
The spring wind is blowing from the king's rose garden, and the dew is pouring wine into the tulip's cup.
COUPLET 8
حافظ ز شوقِ مجلس سلطان غیاثِ دینغافل مشو که کارِ تو از ناله می‌رود
Hâfez ze showgh-e majles-e soltân ghiyâs-e din / ghâfel masho ke kâr-e to az nâle miravad
Hafez, in your longing for the court of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din, do not grow careless: your cause moves forward through your lament.
What this fâl tells you
Your words will travel far: like Persian sugar carried to Bengal, something you make or say will be welcomed in a distant place. Tradition reads this fal as a sign of spring and of recognition from far away. Do not be fooled by the world's flattery, and keep making your heartfelt case; it is working.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: miravad ("goes, is going"). qâfiye: -âle (lâle, ghassâle, dallâle, bangâle, sâle, donbâle, mohtâle, nâle). Tradition says Hafez sent this ghazal to Sultan Ghiyath al-Din of Bengal.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| می‌رود | miravad | is going dictionary |
| وین | v-in | and this (= va in) (و این) |
| bahs | debate dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| hadd | limit; hadd-e hosn = the height of beauty dictionary | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| یافت | yâft | found, reached dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| san'at | art, craft dictionary | |
| shavand | (they) become dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| z-in | from this (= az in); z-in pish = before this (از این) | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| tey | folding, rolling up; tey shodan = to be finished dictionary | |
| مکان | makân | place dictionary |
| bebin | see! look! dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| soluk | journey, progress (on a path) dictionary | |
| she'r | poem, poetry dictionary | |
| کاین | k-in | that these (= ke in) (که این) |
| tefl | child dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bin | see! (= bebin) (ببین) dictionary | |
| کش | k-ash | who ... him (= ke ash) (که او را) |
| sehr | magic dictionary | |
| donbâle | tail, what follows; be donbâle = behind it dictionary | |
| مرو | marow | do not go! (نرو) dictionary |
| eshve | flirting, coaxing; eshve dâdan = to deceive with charm; eshve kharidan = to be taken in dictionary | |
| donyâ | world dictionary | |
| ajuz | old woman (پیرزن) | |
| می‌نشیند | mineshinad | sits dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| bahâr | spring dictionary | |
| می‌وزد | mivazad | blows dictionary |
| گلستان | golestân | rose garden dictionary |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| ژاله | zhâle | dew dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| showgh | longing, eagerness dictionary | |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| soltân | sultan, king dictionary | |
| din | religion, faith dictionary | |
| مشو | masho | do not be, do not become (نشو) dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| ناله | nâle | moan, lament dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 225. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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