Ghazal 266 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
دلم رمیدهٔ لولی‌وَشیست شورانگیزدروغ‌وَعده و قَتّال‌وَضع و رنگ‌آمیز
delam ramide-ye luli-vashi-st shurangiz / dorugh-va'de o ghattâl-vaz' o rang-âmiz
My heart has run off, startled, after a gypsy-like beauty who stirs up passion: false in her promises, murderous in her ways, and full of tricks.
COUPLET 2
فدایِ پیرهنِ چاکِ ماهرویان بادهزار جامهٔ تقوی و خرقهٔ پرهیز
fadâ-ye pirhan-e châk-e mahruyân bâd / hezâr jâme-ye taghvâ o kherghe-ye parhiz
May a thousand garments of piety and robes of abstinence be sacrificed for the torn shirts of the moon-faced beauties.
COUPLET 3
خیالِ خالِ تو با خود به خاک خواهم بردکه تا ز خالِ تو خاکم شود عَبیرآمیز
khiyâl-e khâl-e to bâ khod be khâk khâham bord / ke tâ ze khâl-e to khâkam shavad abir-âmiz
I will take the thought of your beauty spot with me to the grave, so that through your mole my dust may become fragrant with perfume.
COUPLET 4
فرشته عشق نداند که چیست، ای ساقیبِخواه جام و گلابی به خاکِ آدم ریز
fereshte eshgh nadânad ke chist, ey sâghi / bekhâh jâm o golâbi be khâk-e âdam riz
The angel does not know what love is. O cupbearer, call for the cup and sprinkle a little rose water on Adam's clay.
COUPLET 5
پیاله بر کفنم بند، تا سحرگهِ حَشربه مِی ز دل بِبَرَم هولِ روزِ رستاخیز
piyâle bar kafanam band, tâ sahargah-e hashr / be mey ze del bebaram howl-e ruz-e rastâkhiz
Tie a wine cup to my shroud, so that at the dawn of the Resurrection I can wash the terror of Judgment Day out of my heart with wine.
COUPLET 6
فقیر و خسته به درگاهت آمدم رحمیکه جز وِلایِ تواَم نیستْ هیچْ دست آویز
faghir o khaste be dargâhat âmadam, rahmi / ke joz velâ-ye to-am nist hich dast-âviz
Poor and weary I have come to your door; have some mercy, for apart from my devotion to you I have nothing to hold on to.
COUPLET 7
بیا که هاتفِ میخانه دوش با من گفتکه در مَقامِ رضا باش و از قَضا مَگریز
biyâ ke hâtef-e meykhâne dush bâ man goft / ke dar maghâm-e rezâ bâsh o az ghazâ magriz
Come, for last night the unseen voice of the tavern told me: stay in the station of contentment and do not run from fate.
COUPLET 8
میانِ عاشق و معشوق هیچ حائل نیستتو خود حجابِ خودی حافظ از میان برخیز
miyân-e âshegh o ma'shugh hich hâ'el nist / to khod hejâb-e khodi Hâfez, az miyân barkhiz
Nothing stands between the lover and the beloved. Hafez, you yourself are your own veil: get out of the way.
What this fâl tells you
Tradition reads this fal as a call to accept what fate brings and to stop standing in your own way. What separates you from what you love may be nothing outside you, only your own hesitation. Come humbly, hold on to your devotion, and let contentment carry you.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -iz (shurangiz, parhiz, abir-âmiz, riz, rastâkhiz, dast-âviz, magriz, barkhiz).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| shurangiz | stirring up passion, exciting dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| پیرهن | pirhan-e | shirt of (پیراهن) |
| چاک | châk | tear, slit dictionary |
| bâd | may it be dictionary | |
| هزار | hezâr | thousand; also "nightingale" (hezâr-dastân) dictionary |
| jâme-ye | garment of (لباس) dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| پرهیز | parhiz | abstaining; parhiz kon = beware dictionary |
| khiyâl | thought, image in the mind dictionary | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| khod | oneself; yourself dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| khâham | I will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| bord | take (khâham bord = I will take) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| khâkam | my dust (my remains) dictionary | |
| shavad | becomes dictionary | |
| فرشته | fereshte | angel dictionary |
| نداند | nadânad | does not know dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| bekhâh | ask for, call for! dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| golâbi | a little rose water dictionary | |
| âdam | Adam dictionary | |
| riz | pour! shed! (بریز) dictionary | |
| پیاله | piyâle | cup dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| کفنم | kafanam | my shroud dictionary |
| band | tie! (ببند) dictionary | |
| sahargah | at dawn (سحرگاه) | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| bebaram | I may take away dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| فقیر | faghir | poor dictionary |
| khaste | tired, wounded dictionary | |
| dargâhat | your threshold, your court dictionary | |
| âmadam | I came dictionary | |
| rahmi | some mercy dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| to-am | you + my (velâ-ye to-am = my love for you) dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| dast | hand; dast-âviz = something to hold on to dictionary | |
| âviz | hanging; dast-âviz = something to hold on to, a pretext dictionary | |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| مقام | maghâm | place, station dictionary |
| bâsh | be! dictionary | |
| قضا | ghazâ | fate, divine decree dictionary |
| مگریز | magriz | do not flee! (فرار نکن) dictionary |
| میان | miyân | between; the middle; az miyân barkhiz = get out of the way dictionary |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| معشوق | ma'shugh | beloved dictionary |
| hejâb | veil, curtain dictionary | |
| khodi | you are yourself (khod + i "you are") dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| barkhiz | rise! get up! dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 266. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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