Ghazal 261 of Hafez (6 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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What this fâl tells you
Strength is coming back to a tired heart: this fal speaks of a return that brings life with it. Tradition reads it as a promise that sorrow, however dark, will be cleared away by joy, as the night is pregnant with the day. Keep watching the stars a little longer; the morning you are waiting for is already on its way.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâz ("again"). qâfiye: -âyad (âyad, goshâyad, zodâyad, namâyad, zâyad, sorâyad).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| darâ | come in! (بیا تو) | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| khaste | tired, wounded dictionary | |
| tavân | strength, power dictionary | |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| tan | body dictionary | |
| مرده | morde | dead; gone out dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| bast | closed; dar bastan = to shut dictionary | |
| فتح | fath | conquest, victory dictionary |
| bâb | door; matter dictionary | |
| وصالت | vesâlat | union with you dictionary |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| گشاید | goshâyad | opens dictionary |
| ghami | of grief dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| sepah | army (= sepâh) (سپاه) | |
| begreft | grew weary, was saddened (del gereftan) (گرفت) dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| shâdi | joy dictionary | |
| rokhat | your face dictionary | |
| zodâyad | wipes away, polishes off dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| âyene | mirror (آیینه) | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| میدارم | midâram | I hold dictionary |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| jamâlat | your beauty dictionary | |
| نمینماید | nemi-namâyad | does not show dictionary |
| bedân | by that, according to that (= be ân) (به آن) | |
| مثل | masal | example; be masal = as a comparison dictionary |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| âbestan | pregnant dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| setâre | star dictionary | |
| میشمرم | mishomaram | I count dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| مطبوع | matbu' | gifted, pleasing, natural dictionary |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| گلبن | golbon-e | rosebush of dictionary |
| میسراید | misorâyad | sings dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 261. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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