Ghazal 27 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
Someone whose presence lights up a room is on your mind, and you cannot hide it. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that time lost is precious: what is gone cannot fully return, so welcome the person or the joy that is still within reach. A return you hope for may be closer than you think.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ast (dast, mast, past, hast, beneshast, peyvast, shast). Beyts 3 and 4 play with opposites (hast / nist, barkhâst / beneshast).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| یارم | yâram | my beloved dictionary |
| ghadahi | a cup dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| مستش | mastash | his/her drunken dictionary |
| samand | horse, the beloved's steed dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| shekl-e | form, figure of dictionary | |
| مه | mah | moon (= mâh) (ماه) |
| نو | now | new dictionary |
| پیدا | peydâ | visible; peydâ shod = appeared dictionary |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| boland | high; famous dictionary | |
| bâlâ-ye | height, stature of dictionary | |
| sanowbar | pine dictionary | |
| پست | past | low dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| گویم | guyam | I say dictionary |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| khabaram | news of me dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| bahr | sake; ze bahr-e = for the sake of (برای) | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| vey | it, him, her (= u) (او) | |
| نظرم | nazaram | my eye dictionary |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| damsâzam | my close companion dictionary | |
| beneshast | sat down (نشست) dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| barkhâst | rose, got up dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| bu | scent dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| پیچید | pichid | twisted, curled dictionary |
| ور | var | and if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| گشت | gasht | became dictionary |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| پیوست | peyvast | joined, was united dictionary |
| bâz âyad | comes back dictionary | |
| omr | life, lifetime dictionary | |
| shode | gone, past dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| هرچند | harchand | although dictionary |
| ناید | nâyad | does not come (نیاید) dictionary |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| tiri | an arrow dictionary | |
| beshod | went, passed away (رفت / گذشت) dictionary | |
| shast | archer's thumb ring, from which the arrow is loosed dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 27. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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