Ghazal 239 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
رسید مژده که آمد بهار و سبزه دمیدوظیفه گر برسد، مصرفش گُل است و نَبید
resid mozhde ke âmad bahâr o sabze damid / vazife gar beresad masrafash gol ast o nabid
Good news has come: spring is here and the green grass has sprung up. If my allowance arrives, it will be spent on roses and wine.
COUPLET 2
صَفیرِ مرغ برآمد، بَطِ شراب کجاست؟فَغان فتاد به بلبل، نقابِ گُل که کشید؟
safir-e morgh bar âmad, bat-e sharâb kojâst? / faghân fetâd be bolbol, neghâb-e gol ke keshid?
The birds have started to sing: where is the duck-shaped wine flask? The nightingale has burst into cries: who lifted the veil from the rose?
COUPLET 3
ز میوه‌های بهشتی چه ذوق دریابدهر آن که سیبِ زَنَخدانِ شاهدی نَگَزید
ze mive-hâ-ye beheshti che zowgh daryâbad / har ân ke sib-e zanakhdân-e shâhedi nagazid
What taste of the fruits of paradise can anyone know who has never bitten the apple of a beautiful one's chin?
COUPLET 4
مَکُن ز غُصّه شکایت که در طریقِ طلببه راحتی نرسید آن که زحمتی نکشید
makon ze ghosse shekâyat ke dar tarigh-e talab / be râhati naresid ân ke zahmati nakeshid
Do not complain of your troubles: on the path of seeking, no one who has not taken pains has ever reached ease.
COUPLET 5
ز رویِ ساقی مَه‌وَش گلی بچین امروزکه گِردِ عارضِ بُستان خطِ بنفشه دمید
ze ru-ye sâghi-ye mahvash goli bechin emruz / ke gerd-e ârez-e bostân khatt-e banafshe damid
Pick a rose today from the face of the moon-like cupbearer, for around the cheek of the garden a fringe of violets has sprung up.
COUPLET 6
چُنان کرشمهٔ ساقی دلم ز دست بِبُردکه با کسی دِگَرَم نیست برگِ گفت و شَنید
chenân kereshme-ye sâghi delam ze dast bebord / ke bâ kasi degaram nist barg-e goft o shenid
The cupbearer's glance has stolen my heart so completely that I have no strength left to talk or listen to anyone else.
COUPLET 7
من این مُرَقَّعِ رنگین چو گُل، بخواهم سوختکه پیرِ باده‌فروشش به جُرعه‌ای نخرید
man in moragha'-e rangin cho gol bekhâham sukht / ke pir-e bâde-forushash be jor'e'i nakharid
I will burn this colorful patched robe of mine, like a rose in flame, since the old wine-seller would not take it even for a single sip.
COUPLET 8
بهار می‌گذرد دادگسترا دریابکه رفت موسم و حافظ هنوز مِی نچشید
bahâr migozarad dâdgostarâ daryâb / ke raft mowsem o Hâfez hanuz mey nachashid
Spring is passing; O giver of justice, take notice: the season has gone, and Hafez has still not tasted wine.
What this fâl tells you
Spring has arrived in your life: something fresh is growing and good news is on its way. Tradition reads this fal as a reminder that no ease comes without effort, so do not complain about the work. Enjoy the season while it lasts and ask clearly for what you are owed before it passes.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -id (damid, nabid, keshid, nagazid, nakeshid, shenid, nakharid, nachashid).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| resid | arrived, came dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| bahâr | spring dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| sabze | green grass, greenery dictionary | |
| damid | sprang up, sprouted dictionary | |
| وظیفه | vazife | allowance, stipend dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| beresad | arrives dictionary | |
| مصرفش | masrafash | its use, what it is spent on dictionary |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| نبید | nabid | wine (date wine) (شراب) |
| safir | whistling, birdsong dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| فغان | faghân | alas! cry of lament dictionary |
| فتاد | fetâd | fell (= oftâd); faghân fetâd = a cry broke out (افتاد) dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| نقاب | neghâb | veil dictionary |
| کشید | keshid | pulled, led (to) dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| mive-hâ-ye | the fruits of dictionary | |
| beheshti | of paradise dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| zowgh | taste, delight dictionary | |
| daryâbad | grasps, understands (بفهمد) dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| sib | apple dictionary | |
| zanakhdân | chin; "apple of the chin" with a dimple ("well") is a classic image (چانه) | |
| shâhedi | a beautiful one, a beloved dictionary | |
| نگزید | nagazid | did not bite dictionary |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| ghosse | sorrow, worry dictionary | |
| shekâyat | complaint dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| tarigh | way, path dictionary | |
| talab | request, search dictionary | |
| râhati | ease, comfort dictionary | |
| نرسید | naresid | did not reach, did not arrive dictionary |
| zahmati | pain, trouble, effort dictionary | |
| نکشید | nakeshid | did not bear (pain) dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| goli | a rose, a flower dictionary | |
| bechin | pick! dictionary | |
| emruz | today dictionary | |
| bostân | garden (باغ) | |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| کرشمهٔ | kereshme | flirtatious glance, coquetry (عشوه) |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| bebord | took away; az yâd bordan = to forget (برد) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| kasi | someone; har kasi = everyone dictionary | |
| degaram | other, else (for me) (دیگرم) | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| barg | leaf; also means, strength, provision dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| shenid | heard dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| rangin | colored; stained dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| bekhâham | I will (future auxiliary) (خواهم) dictionary | |
| sukht | burned dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | old man; pir-e bâde-forush = the old wine-seller dictionary |
| jor'e'i | a sip, a draught dictionary | |
| نخرید | nakharid | did not buy dictionary |
| می‌گذرد | migozarad | passes dictionary |
| dâdgostarâ | O dispenser of justice! dictionary | |
| daryâb | take notice! attend to (me)! dictionary | |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| هنوز | hanuz | still, yet dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| نچشید | nachashid | did not taste dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 239. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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