Ghazal 270 of Hafez (7 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
Some experiences are too deep to put into words, and tradition reads this fal as one of them. You have gone through hard times, but the road has also brought you to a place worth reaching. Keep your secret close; what you have found is precious.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -am ke mapors ("I have ..., don't ask"). qâfiye: -ide (keshide, chashide, bargozide, dide, shenide, gazide, reside).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| کشیدهام | keshide-am | I have suffered, endured dictionary |
| مپرس | mapors | do not ask! (نپرس) dictionary |
| zahr | poison dictionary | |
| چشیدهام | chashide-am | I have tasted dictionary |
| گشتهام | gashte-am | I have wandered, roamed dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| bargozide-am | I have chosen dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| هوای | havâ-ye | longing for, desire for dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| darash | its door dictionary | |
| میرود | miravad | is going dictionary |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| khod | own dictionary | |
| dahânash | her mouth dictionary | |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| sokhanâni | words, some words dictionary | |
| shenide-am | I have heard dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| چه | che | why dictionary |
| migazi | you bite dictionary | |
| maguy | do not say (نگو) dictionary | |
| la'li | a ruby dictionary | |
| گزیدهام | gazide-am | I have bitten dictionary |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| کلبهٔ | kolbe | hut dictionary |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| ranj-hâyi | hardships, sufferings dictionary | |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| gharib | stranger, someone far from home dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| maghâmi | a station dictionary | |
| reside-am | I have reached dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 270. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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