Ghazal 236 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
اگر آن طایرِ قدسی ز دَرَم بازآیدعمرِ بگذشته به پیرانه سرم بازآید
agar ân tâyer-e ghodsi ze daram bâz âyad / omr-e bogzashte be pirâne-saram bâz âyad
If that holy bird comes back through my door, the life that has passed will return to me in my old age.
COUPLET 2
دارم امّید بر این اشکِ چو باران که دگربرقِ دولت که بِرَفت از نظرم بازآید
dâram ommid bar in ashk-e cho bârân ke degar / bargh-e dowlat ke beraft az nazaram bâz âyad
I hope that these tears, falling like rain, will bring back the lightning flash of good fortune that vanished from my sight.
COUPLET 3
آن که تاجِ سرِ من خاکِ کفِ پایش بوداز خدا می‌طلبم تا به سرم بازآید
ân ke tâj-e sar-e man khâk-e kaf-e pâyash bud / az khodâ mitalabam tâ be saram bâz âyad
The one whose footsole dust was the crown on my head: I pray to God that this one comes back to me.
COUPLET 4
خواهم اندر عقبش رفت به یاران عزیزشخصم ار بازنیاید خبرم بازآید
khâham andar aghabash raft be yârân-e aziz / shakhsam ar bâz nayâyad khabaram bâz âyad
I will go after the beloved, dear friends; if I myself do not come back, news of me will.
COUPLET 5
گر نثارِ قدمِ یارِ گرامی نکنمگوهرِ جان به چه کار دگرم بازآید؟
gar nesâr-e ghadam-e yâr-e gerâmi nakonam / gowhar-e jân be che kâr-e degaram bâz âyad
If I do not scatter the jewel of my soul at the feet of my precious friend, what other use could it ever have for me?
COUPLET 6
کوسِ نو دولتی از بامِ سعادت بزنمگر ببینم که مَهِ نوسفرم بازآید
kus-e now-dowlati az bâm-e sa'âdat bezanam / gar bebinam ke mah-e now-safaram bâz âyad
I will beat the drum of new fortune from the rooftop of happiness if I see my moon, gone on a journey, come back.
COUPLET 7
مانِعَش غلغلِ چنگ است و شکرخوابِ صَبوحور نه گر بشنود آهِ سحرم بازآید
mâne'ash ghalghal-e chang ast o shekar-khâb-e sabuh / var na gar beshnavad âh-e saharam bâz âyad
What holds the beloved back is the noise of the harp and the sweet sleep after morning wine; otherwise, hearing my dawn sigh, the beloved would come back.
COUPLET 8
آرزومندِ رخِ شاهِ چو ماهم حافظهمتی تا به سلامت ز درم بازآید
ârezumand-e rokh-e shâh-e cho mâham Hâfez / hemmati tâ be salâmat ze daram bâz âyad
I, Hafez, long for the face of my moon-like king. A blessing, please, so that he may come back safely through my door.
What this fâl tells you
Something or someone you have missed may be on the way back to you. Tradition reads this fal as a promise that patient longing and sincere prayer are heard, and that good fortune which seemed to vanish can return. Keep your door open and your hope alive.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâz âyad ("comes back"). qâfiye: -aram (daram, saram, nazaram, khabaram, degaram, safaram, saharam).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| agar | if dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| tâyer | bird; tâyer-e ghodsi = the holy bird (the beloved, or the soul) (پرنده) | |
| ghodsi | holy, heavenly dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| dar-am | my door dictionary | |
| bâz âyad | comes back dictionary | |
| omr | life, lifetime dictionary | |
| bogzashte | past, gone by (گذشته) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| پیرانه | pirâne | old; pirâne-sar = in old age dictionary |
| saram | my head; pirâne-saram = in my old age dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| ommid | hope (poetic form of omid) (امید) | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| ashk | tear, tears dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| bârân | rain dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| bargh | lightning dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| beraft | went, vanished (= raft) (رفت) dictionary | |
| نظرم | nazaram | my sight, my eyes dictionary |
| tâj | crown dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| کف | kaf | palm (of the hand) dictionary |
| پایش | pâyash | his/her foot dictionary |
| bud | was dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| می‌طلبم | mitalabam | I ask for, I pray for (میخواهم) dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| khâham | I will; I want dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| aghabash | after him/her, behind him/her (دنبالش) dictionary | |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| یاران | yârân | friends dictionary |
| aziz | precious, dear dictionary | |
| shakhsam | I myself, my person dictionary | |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| bâz nayâyad | does not come back dictionary | |
| khabaram | news of me dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| قدم | ghadam | step dictionary |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| gerâmi | dear, precious dictionary | |
| نکنم | nakonam | I do not do, I do not make dictionary |
| گوهر | gowhar | jewel, pearl; gowhar-e jân = the jewel of the soul dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| degaram | other, else (for me) (دیگرم) | |
| نو | now | new dictionary |
| dowlati | fortune; now-dowlati = new good fortune dictionary | |
| sa'âdat | happiness, good fortune dictionary | |
| bezanam | I beat, I strike dictionary | |
| bebinam | I see dictionary | |
| مه | mah | moon (= mâh) (ماه) |
| نوسفرم | now-safaram | my newly departed one, gone on a journey dictionary |
| مانعش | mâne'ash | what holds him/her back dictionary |
| چنگ | chang | harp dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| ور | var | and if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| beshnavad | hears dictionary | |
| saharam | my dawn (sigh at dawn) dictionary | |
| ârezumand | longing for, eager for dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| ماهم | mâham | my moon (the beloved) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| salâmat | health, safety dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 236. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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