Ghazal 267 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
ای صبا گر بُگذری بر ساحلِ رودِ اَرَسبوسه زن بر خاکِ آن وادی و مُشکین کُن نَفَس
ey sabâ gar bogzari bar sâhel-e rud-e aras / buse zan bar khâk-e ân vâdi o moshkin kon nafas
O morning breeze, if you pass by the bank of the river Aras, kiss the dust of that valley and make your breath fragrant with musk.
COUPLET 2
منزلِ سَلمی که بادَش هر دَم از ما صد سلامپُر صدایِ ساربانان بینی و بانگِ جرس
manzel-e salmâ ke bâdash har dam az mâ sad salâm / por sedâ-ye sârbânân bini o bâng-e jaras
The dwelling of Salma (a hundred greetings from us to her every moment!): you will find it full of the voices of camel drivers and the ringing of caravan bells.
COUPLET 3
مَحمِلِ جانان ببوس، آن‌گه به زاری عَرضه دارکز فِراقت سوختم ای مهربان فریاد رس
mahmel-e jânân bebus, ângah be zâri arze dâr / k-az ferâghat sukhtam, ey mehrabân, faryâd ras
Kiss the beloved's litter, then tell her, weeping: "I have burned up in separation from you; kind one, come to my rescue."
COUPLET 4
من که قولِ ناصحان را خواندَمی قولِ رَبابگوش‌مالی دیدم از هجران که اینم پند بس
man ke ghowl-e nâsehân râ khândami ghowl-e rabâb / gushmâli didam az hejrân ke inam pand bas
I used to treat the advice of well-wishers like a song for the rebab; then separation twisted my ear so hard that it is lesson enough for me.
COUPLET 5
عشرتِ شب‌گیر کن، مِی نوش کاندر راهِ عشقشَب‌رُوان را آشنایی‌هاست با میرِ عَسَس
eshrat-e shabgir kon, mey nush k-andar râh-e eshgh / shabrovân râ âshenâyi-hâst bâ mir-e asas
Make merry until the end of night and drink wine, for on the road of love the night travelers are on friendly terms with the captain of the night watch.
COUPLET 6
عشق‌بازی کارِ بازی نیست ای دل! سر بِباززان که گویِ عشق نَتْوان زد به چوگانِ هوس
eshghbâzi kâr-e bâzi nist ey del, sar bebâz / z-ân ke gu-ye eshgh natvân zad be chowgân-e havas
Love is no child's game, O heart: stake your head. For the ball of love cannot be struck with the polo stick of mere desire.
COUPLET 7
دل به رَغبت می‌سپارد جان به چشمِ مستِ یارگر چه هشیاران ندادند اختیارِ خود به کس
del be roghbat mispârad jân be cheshm-e mast-e yâr / garche hoshyârân nadâdand ekhtiyâr-e khod be kas
My heart gladly hands its life over to the drunken eye of the beloved, although sober people have never given their will to anyone.
COUPLET 8
طوطیان در شِکَّرِستان کامرانی می‌کنندو از تَحَسُّر دست بر سر می‌زند مسکین مگس
tutiyân dar shakkarestân kâmrâni mikonand / v-az tahassor dast bar sar mizanad meskin magas
The parrots enjoy themselves in the sugar fields, while the poor fly beats its head in regret.
COUPLET 9
نامِ حافظ گر برآید بر زبانِ کِلکِ دوستاز جنابِ حضرتِ شاهم بس است این مُلتَمَس
nâm-e Hâfez gar bar âyad bar zabân-e kelk-e dust / az jenâb-e hazrat-e shâham bas ast in moltamas
If the name of Hafez should come onto the tongue of the friend's pen, that is the only request I need to make of the king's high court.
What this fâl tells you
Send your message and your longing with the morning breeze: tradition reads this fal as news traveling toward someone far away. Love asks for your whole heart, not half-hearted wishes, so commit to what you truly want. One kind word from the right person may be all the reward you need.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -as (aras, nafas, jaras, ras, bas, asas, havas, kas, magas, moltamas).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| bogzari | you pass by dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| sâhel | shore, bank dictionary | |
| rud | river dictionary | |
| buse | kiss dictionary | |
| zan | strike! set (fire)! (بزن) dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| vâdi | valley; vâdi-ye ayman = the holy valley where Moses saw the fire dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| نفس | nafas | breath dictionary |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| bâdash | may there be for her (bâd = may it be) dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| salâm | greeting dictionary | |
| پر | por | full dictionary |
| sedâ-ye | sound of dictionary | |
| sârbânân | camel drivers dictionary | |
| bini | you see dictionary | |
| bâng | cry, call dictionary | |
| jaras | caravan bell (زنگ کاروان) | |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| bebus | kiss! dictionary | |
| ângah | then, when (آنگاه) | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| zâri | weeping, lament dictionary | |
| arze | showing; arze dâshtan = to show, present dictionary | |
| dâr | keep! hold! (imperative of dâshtan) dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| sukhtam | I burned dictionary | |
| مهربان | mehrabân | kind dictionary |
| فریاد | faryâd | cry, shout dictionary |
| ras | reaching; faryâd-ras = one who comes to the rescue dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| قول | ghowl | song, sung verse dictionary |
| ناصحان | nâsehân | advisers, well-wishers dictionary |
| khândami | I used to call (old past habitual) (می‌خواندم) dictionary | |
| gushmâli | ear-twisting; a harsh lesson dictionary | |
| didam | I saw dictionary | |
| inam | this ... for me (= in marâ) dictionary | |
| پند | pand | advice dictionary |
| bas | enough dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| نوش | nush | drink! (= benush) (بنوش) dictionary |
| کاندر | k-andar | for in (= ke andar) (که در) |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| âshenâyi-hâst | there are friendships (= âshenâyi-hâ ast) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| bâzi | game; trick dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar bâkhtan = to stake one's life dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| گوی | gu-ye | ball of dictionary |
| zad | strike (natvân zad = one cannot strike) dictionary | |
| چوگان | chowgân | polo stick: image for a curved lock of hair dictionary |
| هوس | havas | longing, desire dictionary |
| می‌سپارد | mispârad | hands over, entrusts dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| چه | che | gar che = although dictionary |
| هشیاران | hoshyârân | sober people, the wise (هوشیاران) dictionary |
| ندادند | nadâdand | (they) did not give dictionary |
| khod | one's own dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| می‌کنند | mikonand | they do; talab mikonand = they demand dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| می‌زند | mizanad | strikes dictionary |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bar âyad | rises; comes true; comes out (برمی‌آید) | |
| zabân | tongue; language dictionary | |
| کلک | kelk | reed pen (قلم) |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| jenâb | threshold, court; presence of a great person (آستانه) dictionary | |
| hazrat | presence, court dictionary | |
| shâham | the king (+ -am: to me) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 267. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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