Ghazal 276 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
باغبان گر پنج‌روزی صحبتِ گل بایدشبر جفایِ خارِ هجران صبرِ بلبل بایدش
bâghbân gar panj-ruzi sohbat-e gol bâyadash / bar jafâ-ye khâr-e hejrân sabr-e bolbol bâyadash
If the gardener wants the rose's company for five short days, he needs the nightingale's patience with the cruel thorn of separation.
COUPLET 2
ای دل اندر بندِ زلفش از پریشانی مَنالمرغِ زیرک چون به دام افتد تحمل بایدش
ey del andar band-e zolfash az parishâni manâl / morgh-e zirak chon be dâm oftad tahammol bâyadash
O heart, caught in the bonds of her curls, do not moan about your turmoil; when a clever bird falls into the net, it must be patient.
COUPLET 3
رندِ عالم‌سوز را با مصلحت‌بینی چه‌کار؟کار مُلک است آن که تدبیر و تأمل بایدش
rend-e âlam-suz râ bâ maslahat-bini che kâr / kâr-e molk ast ân ke tadbir o ta'ammol bâyadash
What has a world-burning rend to do with prudent calculation? It is the business of state that needs planning and deliberation.
COUPLET 4
تکیه بر تقوی و دانش در طریقت کافری‌ستراهرو گر صد هنر دارد توکل بایدش
tekye bar taghvâ o dânesh dar tarighat kâferi-st / rahrow gar sad honar dârad tavakkol bâyadash
On the Sufi path, leaning on your own piety and learning is unbelief; even if a traveler has a hundred talents, he must trust in God.
COUPLET 5
با چُنین زلف و رُخَش بادا نظربازی حرامهر که روی یاسمین و جَعدِ سنبل بایدش
bâ chenin zolf o rokhash bâdâ nazarbâzi harâm / har ke ru-ye yâsamin o ja'd-e sonbol bâyadash
With curls and a face like hers in the world, may loving glances be forbidden to anyone who still wants the face of jasmine or the curls of hyacinth.
COUPLET 6
نازها زان نرگسِ مستانه‌اش باید کشیداین دلِ شوریده تا آن جَعد و کاکُل بایدش
nâz-hâ z-ân narges-e mastâne-ash bâyad keshid / in del-e shuride tâ ân ja'd o kâkol bâyadash
As long as this distraught heart wants those curls and that forelock, it must put up with endless airs from her drunken narcissus eyes.
COUPLET 7
ساقیا در گردشِ ساغر تعلل تا به چند؟دور چون با عاشقان افتد تَسَلسُل بایدش
sâghiyâ dar gardesh-e sâghar ta'allol tâ be chand / dowr chon bâ âsheghân oftad tasalsol bâyadash
Cupbearer, how long will you hold back the cup from going round? When the turn comes to the lovers, it should go on without end.
COUPLET 8
کیست حافظ تا ننوشد باده بی‌آوازِ رود؟عاشقِ مسکین چرا چندین تجمل بایدش؟
kist Hâfez tâ nanushad bâde bi âvâz-e rud / âshegh-e meskin cherâ chandin tajammol bâyadash
Who is Hafez to refuse wine without the sound of the lute? Why should a poor lover need so much finery?
What this fâl tells you
Tradition reads this fal as a lesson in patience: the rose comes with thorns, and whoever wants it must bear a season of waiting. Do not lean only on your own cleverness; trust and let things unfold. Keep your wishes simple, and what you love will come round to you in its turn.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bâyadash ("he/it must have, needs"). qâfiye: -ol (bolbol, tahammol, ta'ammol, tavakkol, sonbol, kâkol, tasalsol, tajammol).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| bâghbân | gardener dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| jafâ-ye | cruelty of dictionary | |
| khâr | thorn dictionary | |
| sabr | patience dictionary | |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| band | rope, bond dictionary | |
| zolfash | her curls dictionary | |
| parishâni-ye | turmoil, distress of dictionary | |
| منال | manâl | do not moan! (ننال) dictionary |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| zirak | clever dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| oftad | falls; ghabul oftâdan = to be accepted (بیفتد) dictionary | |
| rend | free spirit, rogue who scorns hypocrisy dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| tadbir | plan, course of action dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| tekye | leaning, reliance dictionary | |
| dânesh | knowledge, learning dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| tarighat | the Sufi path dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| هنر | honar | skill, art dictionary |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| rokhash | his/her face dictionary | |
| bâdâ | may it be! dictionary | |
| harâm | forbidden dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| یاسمین | yâsamin | jasmine (یاس) |
| ja'd | curly hair (موی پیچ‌پیچ) | |
| نازها | nâz-hâ | airs, coquetry; nâz keshidan = to put up with someone's whims dictionary |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| کشید | keshid | bear, put up with (nâz keshidan) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| shuride | troubled, distraught dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| کاکل | kâkol | forelock, lock of hair dictionary |
| sâghiyâ | O cupbearer (sâghi + vocative -â) dictionary | |
| گردش | gardesh | turning, going round dictionary |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| چند | chand | how much; tâ be chand = how long? dictionary |
| dowr | turn; the passing round of the cup; the age dictionary | |
| âsheghân | lovers dictionary | |
| tasalsol | endless succession, going on without break dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ننوشد | nanushad | does not drink dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| bi âvâz-e | without the sound of dictionary | |
| rud | lute, stringed instrument dictionary | |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| چرا | cherâ | why dictionary |
| چندین | chandin | so many dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 276. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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