Ghazal 306 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
اگر به کویِ تو باشد مرا مَجالِ وصولرَسَد، به دولتِ وصلِ تو، کارِ من به اصول
agar be ku-ye to bâshad marâ majâl-e vosul / resad be dowlat-e vasl-e to kâr-e man be osul
If I am ever granted the chance to reach your street, then through the good fortune of union with you my life will be set in order.
COUPLET 2
قرار برده ز من آن دو نرگسِ رَعنافَراغ برده ز من آن دو جادو‌یِ مَکحول
gharâr borde ze man ân do narges-e ra'nâ / farâgh borde ze man ân do jâdu-ye makhul
Those two graceful narcissus eyes have stolen my calm; those two kohl-lined sorcerers have stolen my peace.
COUPLET 3
چو بر درِ تو منِ بینوا‌یِ بی زر و زوربه هیچ باب ندارم رَهِ خروج و دُخول
cho bar dar-e to man-e binavâ-ye bi zar o zur / be hich bâb nadâram rah-e khoruj o dokhul
Standing at your door, poor as I am, without gold or strength, I have no way at all to go in or out.
COUPLET 4
کجا رَوَم چه کنم چاره از کجا جویم؟که گَشته‌ام ز غم و جورِ روزگار مَلول
kojâ ravam che konam châre az kojâ juyam / ke gashte-am ze gham o jowr-e ruzegâr malul
Where shall I go? What shall I do? Where shall I look for a remedy? I have grown weary of grief and the cruelty of the times.
COUPLET 5
منِ شکستهٔ بدحال زندگی یابمدر آن زمان که به تیغِ غَمَت شَوَم مَقتول
man-e shekaste-ye badhâl zendegi yâbam / dar ân zamân ke be tigh-e ghamat shavam maghtul
Broken and wretched as I am, I will find life at the moment I am slain by the sword of grief for you.
COUPLET 6
خراب‌تر ز دلِ من غمِ تو جای نیافتکه ساخت در دلِ تنگم قرار‌گاهِ نزول
kharâb-tar ze del-e man gham-e to jây nayâft / ke sâkht dar del-e tangam gharârgâh-e nozul
Grief for you found no place more ruined than my heart, so it made its lodging in my narrow heart.
COUPLET 7
دل از جواهرِ مِهر‌ت چو صیقلی داردبُوَد ز زنگِ حوادث هر آینه مَصقول
del az javâher-e mehrat cho seyghali dârad / bovad ze zang-e havâdes har âyene masghul
Since my heart is polished by the jewels of your love, it will surely stay bright, free of the rust of misfortune.
COUPLET 8
چه جرم کرده‌ام؟ ای جان و دل، به حضرتِ توکه طاعتِ منِ بیدل نمی‌شود مَقبول
che jorm karde-am ey jân o del be hazrat-e to / ke tâ'at-e man-e bidel nemishavad maghbul
My soul and heart, what crime have I committed in your presence, that the devotion of a heartsick man like me is not accepted?
COUPLET 9
به دَردِ عشق بساز و خموش کن حافظرموزِ عشق مَکُن فاش پیشِ اهلِ عقول
be dard-e eshgh besâz o khamush kon Hâfez / romuz-e eshgh makon fâsh pish-e ahl-e oghul
Bear the pain of love, Hafez, and keep quiet; do not reveal love's secrets to the people of reason.
What this fâl tells you
You may feel that every door is closed and every effort unanswered. Tradition reads this fal as a call to patience and discretion: a heart kept clean by love does not rust, and its turn will come. Keep your deepest hopes to yourself for now, and let your affairs settle in their own time.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ul (vosul, osul, makhul, dokhul, malul, maghtul, nozul, masghul, maghbul, oghul).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| agar | if dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| کوی | ku-ye | street, quarter (of) (کوچه) |
| to | you dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| مجال | majâl | room, chance dictionary |
| وصول | vosul | arriving, reaching dictionary |
| resad | reaches (برسد) dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| قرار | gharâr | calm, rest, peace of mind dictionary |
| borde | has carried off, has won; az dast bordan = to outdo dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| do | two dictionary | |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| binavâ | poor, destitute dictionary | |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| zar | gold dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| zur | force, strength dictionary | |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| bâb | door; matter dictionary | |
| ندارم | nadâram | I do not have; dast az chizi nadâshtan = not to give something up dictionary |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| khoruj | going out dictionary | |
| dokhul | entering dictionary | |
| کجا | kojâ | where; how? (rhetorical) dictionary |
| ravam | I go dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| چاره | châre | remedy, way out dictionary |
| juyam | I seek dictionary | |
| گشته‌ام | gashte-am | I have become dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| ruzegâr | time, days dictionary | |
| ملول | malul | weary, sad dictionary |
| shekaste | broken; bent dictionary | |
| zendegi | life dictionary | |
| یابم | yâbam | I find, receive dictionary |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| tigh | sword, blade dictionary | |
| ghamat | your grief dictionary | |
| shavam | I (will) become dictionary | |
| مقتول | maghtul | slain dictionary |
| kharâb-tar | more ruined dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| jây | place (جا) dictionary | |
| نیافت | nayâft | did not find dictionary |
| sâkht | made dictionary | |
| tangam | my narrow dictionary | |
| نزول | nozul | alighting, lodging dictionary |
| javâher | jewels dictionary | |
| مهر‌ت | mehrat | your love dictionary |
| seyghali | a polish dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| havâdes | events, misfortunes dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| jorm | crime, fault dictionary | |
| کرده‌ام | karde-am | I have done dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| hazrat | presence, court dictionary | |
| نمی‌شود | nemishavad | does not become dictionary |
| مقبول | maghbul | accepted by, pleasing to dictionary |
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| besâz | make do! bear it! (تحمل کن) dictionary | |
| khamush | silent; hush! (خاموش) dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| romuz | mysteries, secret signs dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| فاش | fâsh | open, revealed, public dictionary |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| ahl | people (of) dictionary | |
| oghul | minds, intellects dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 306. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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