Ghazal 265 of Hafez (9 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
برنیامد از تمنّایِ لَبَت کامم هنوزبر امید جامِ لعلت دُردی‌آشامم هنوز
bar nayâmad az tamannâ-ye labat kâmam hanuz / bar omid-e jâm-e la'lat dordi-âshâmam hanuz
My longing for your lips has still not been fulfilled; in hope of your ruby cup, I am still drinking the dregs.
COUPLET 2
روز اول رفت دینم در سرِ زلفین توتا چه خواهد شد در این سودا سرانجامم هنوز
ruz-e avval raft dinam dar sar-e zolfeyn-e to / tâ che khâhad shod dar in sowdâ saranjâmam hanuz
On the very first day I lost my faith to your two curls; who knows how this passion will end for me?
COUPLET 3
ساقیا یک جرعه‌ای زان آبِ آتش‌گون که مندر میانِ پُختگانِ عشقِ او خامم هنوز
sâghiyâ yek jor'e'i z-ân âb-e âtashgun ke man / dar miyân-e pokhtegân-e eshgh-e u khâmam hanuz
Cupbearer, give me one sip of that fiery water, for among those who are seasoned in love for the beloved, I am still raw.
COUPLET 4
از خطا گفتم شبی زلفِ تو را مُشکِ خُتَنمی‌زند هر لحظه تیغی مو بر اندامم هنوز
az khatâ goftam shabi zolf-e to râ moshk-e khotan / mizanad har lahze tighi mu bar andâmam hanuz
One night I made the mistake of calling your curls the musk of Khotan; still, every hair on my body strikes me like a blade.
COUPLET 5
پرتوِ رویِ تو تا در خلوتم دید آفتابمی‌رود چون سایه هر دَم، بر در و بامم هنوز
parto-e ru-ye to tâ dar khalvatam did âftâb / miravad chon sâye har dam bar dar o bâmam hanuz
Ever since the sun saw the light of your face in my private room, it keeps moving like a shadow over my door and roof.
COUPLET 6
نام من رفته‌ست روزی بر لبِ جانان به سَهواهلِ دل را بویِ جان می‌آید از نامم هنوز
nâm-e man rafte-st ruzi bar lab-e jânân be sahv / ahl-e del râ bu-ye jân miâyad az nâmam hanuz
One day my name passed the beloved's lips by mistake; to people of the heart, my name still carries the scent of the soul.
COUPLET 7
در ازل داده‌ست ما را ساقیِ لعلِ لبتجرعهٔ جامی که من مَدهوشِ آن جامم هنوز
dar azal dâde-st mâ râ sâghi-ye la'l-e labat / jor'e-ye jâmi ke man madhush-e ân jâmam hanuz
In eternity before time, the cupbearer of your ruby lips gave me a sip from a cup, and I am still dazed by that cup.
COUPLET 8
ای که گفتی جان بده تا باشَدَت آرامِ جانجان به غم‌هایش سپردم، نیست آرامم هنوز
ey ke gofti jân bedeh tâ bâshadat ârâm-e jân / jân be ghamhâyash sepordam nist ârâmam hanuz
You who said, "Give up your soul so that your soul may find peace": I gave my soul to her sorrows, and still I have no peace.
COUPLET 9
در قلم آورد حافظ قصهٔ لَعلِ لَبَشآب حیوان می‌رود هر دَم ز اقلامم هنوز
dar ghalam âvard Hâfez ghesse-ye la'l-e labash / âb-e heyvân miravad har dam ze aghlâmam hanuz
Hafez wrote down the story of the beloved's ruby lips, and the water of life still flows from my pens at every moment.
What this fâl tells you
Your wish is not yet fulfilled, and this fal knows the patience that takes. Tradition reads it as a sign that your love is old and deep, and that even a single kind word from the right person can leave a lasting blessing on your name. Keep going: you are still learning, and what you write and say with love will stay fresh.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: hanuz ("still"). qâfiye: -âmam (kâmam, âshâmam, saranjâmam, khâmam, andâmam, bâmam, nâmam, jâmam, ârâmam, aghlâmam).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| لبت | labat | your lips dictionary |
| کامم | kâmam | my wish dictionary |
| هنوز | hanuz | still, yet dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| omid | hope dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| لعلت | la'lat | your ruby (lips) dictionary |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| avval | first; ruz-e avval = the first day dictionary | |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| dinam | my faith dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| sar | head, tip; dar sar-e = lost to, for the sake of dictionary | |
| zolfeyn | two curls (Arabic dual of zolf) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| sowdâ | passion, obsession dictionary | |
| saranjâmam | my end, my outcome dictionary | |
| sâghiyâ | O cupbearer (sâghi + vocative -â) dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| jor'e'i | a sip, a draught dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| میان | miyân | waist dictionary |
| پختگان | pokhtegân | the seasoned, the experienced (literally "the cooked") dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| khâmam | I am raw, inexperienced dictionary | |
| khatâ | error, mistake dictionary | |
| گفتم | goftam | I said dictionary |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| می‌زند | mizanad | strikes dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| لحظه | lahze | moment dictionary |
| tighi | a blade, a sword dictionary | |
| مو | mu | hair dictionary |
| andâmam | my body dictionary | |
| پرتو | parto | ray, light dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| khalvatam | my private room, my solitude dictionary | |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| می‌رود | miravad | is going dictionary |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| rafte-st | has gone, has passed (= rafte ast) dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sahv | mistake, oversight dictionary | |
| ahl | people (of) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| می‌آید | miâyad | comes dictionary |
| نامم | nâmam | my name dictionary |
| dâde-st | has given (= dâde ast) dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| jor'e | sip, mouthful dictionary | |
| jâmi | a cup dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| jâmam | I am (dazed by that) cup (= jâm + am) dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| gofti | you said; you composed dictionary | |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| bâshadat | you may have dictionary | |
| ghamhâyash | his/her sorrows dictionary | |
| sepordam | I handed over, I gave dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| قلم | ghalam | pen; ghalam zadan bar = to strike out, cancel dictionary |
| âvard | brought; dar ghalam âvardan = to write down dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| قصهٔ | ghesse | story dictionary |
| لبش | labash | her lip dictionary |
| heyvân | life; âb-e heyvân = the water of life dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| aghlâmam | my pens dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 265. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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