Ghazal 318 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
مرا می‌بینی و هر دَم زیادَت می‌کنی دَردَمتو را می‌بینم و میلم زیادَت می‌شود هر دَم
marâ mibini o har dam ziyâdat mikoni dardam / to râ mibinam o meylam ziyâdat mishavad har dam
You see me, and every moment you add to my pain; I see you, and every moment my desire grows.
COUPLET 2
به سامانم نمی‌پرسی، نمی‌دانم چه سر داریبه درمانم نمی‌کوشی، نمی‌دانی مگر دردم؟
be sâmânam nemiporsi nemidânam che sar dâri / be darmânam nemikushi nemidâni magar dardam
You never ask how I am; I do not know what you have in mind. You make no effort to cure me: do you perhaps not know my pain?
COUPLET 3
نه راه است این که بُگذاری مرا بر خاک و بُگریزیگُذاری آر و بازم پرس تا خاکِ رَهَت گردم
na râh ast in ke bogzâri marâ bar khâk o bogrizi / gozâri âr o bâzam pors tâ khâk-e rahat gardam
This is no way to treat me, leaving me in the dust and running off. Come by and ask after me again, so I may become the dust of your road.
COUPLET 4
ندارم دستت از دامن، به جز در خاک و آن دَم هَمکه بر خاکم روان گَردی بگیرد دامنت گَردم
nadâram dastat az dâman be joz dar khâk o ân dam ham / ke bar khâkam ravân gardi begirad dâmanat gardam
I will not let go of your hem until I am in the grave, and even then, when you walk over my grave, my dust will cling to your hem.
COUPLET 5
فرو رفت از غمِ عشقت دَمَم دَم می‌دهی تا کی؟دَمار از من برآوردی نمی‌گویی برآوردم
foru raft az gham-e eshghat damam dam midahi tâ key / damâr az man bar âvardi nemiguyi bar âvardam
My breath has sunk away from the grief of loving you. How long will you keep fooling me? You have ruined me, and you will not even admit, "I ruined him."
COUPLET 6
شبی دل را به تاریکی ز زلفت باز می‌جُستمرُخَت می‌دیدم و جامی هلالی باز می‌خوردم
shabi del râ be târiki ze zolfat bâz mijostam / rokhat mididam o jâmi helâli bâz mikhordam
One night, in the dark, I was searching your curls for my heart again; I gazed at your face and drank once more from a crescent cup.
COUPLET 7
کشیدم در بَرَت ناگاه و شد در تابْ گیسویتنهادم بر لبت لب را و جان و دل فِدا کردم
keshidam dar barat nâgâh o shod dar tâb gisuyat / nahâdam bar labat lab râ o jân o del fedâ kardam
Suddenly I drew you into my arms and your tresses fell into curls; I laid my lips on yours and gave up heart and soul for you.
COUPLET 8
تو خوش می‌باش با حافظ، برو گو خصم جان می‌دهچو گرمی از تو می‌بینم، چه باک از خصمِ دَم سَردم
to khosh mibâsh bâ Hâfez borow gu khasm jân mide / cho garmi az to mibinam che bâk az khasm-e dam-sardam
You, just be happy with Hafez; tell the enemy to go and give up the ghost. Since I feel warmth from you, why should I fear my cold-breathed enemy?
What this fâl tells you
Your desire grows each time you see the one you love, and you wish they would ask after you. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that closeness is possible: the warmth you feel is returned, and cold words from others cannot harm you. Make the first move, ask kindly, and let your faithfulness speak.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -am ("my" / "I"). qâfiye: -ard (dard, gard, âvard, khord, kard, sard); beyt 1 rhymes dardam with har dam ("every moment"), and many half-lines rhyme internally.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| mibini | you see dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath; dam dâdan = to fool dictionary | |
| ziyâdat | more, increase (زیادی) | |
| mikoni | you do dictionary | |
| dardam | my pain dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| می‌بینم | mibinam | I see dictionary |
| میلم | meylam | my desire dictionary |
| می‌شود | mishavad | becomes dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sâmânam | my state (be sâmânam porsidan = to ask how I am) dictionary | |
| nemiporsi | you do not ask (after) dictionary | |
| نمی‌دانم | nemidânam | I do not know dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| sar | head; che sar dâri = what are you thinking of? dictionary | |
| dâri | you have dictionary | |
| darmânam | my cure dictionary | |
| nemikushi | you do not try dictionary | |
| nemidâni | you do not know dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| bogzâri | you leave (me alone) dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| bogrizi | you run away dictionary | |
| âr | bring! dar amal âr = put into practice (بیاور) dictionary | |
| bâzam | me again (= bâz marâ) dictionary | |
| پرس | pors | ask! (= bepors) (بپرس) dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| rahat | your road dictionary | |
| گردم | gardam | I become dictionary |
| ندارم | nadâram | I do not have; dast az chizi nadâshtan = not to give something up dictionary |
| dastat | your hand dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| khâkam | my dust (my remains) dictionary | |
| gardi | you go, you become (ravân gardi = you walk) dictionary | |
| begirad | takes, conquers dictionary | |
| گردم | gardam | my dust dictionary |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| damam | my moment, my breath dictionary | |
| midahi | you give; dam dâdan = to fool, to deceive dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| nemiguyi | you do not say dictionary | |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| zolfat | your curls dictionary | |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| می‌جستم | mijostam | I was searching dictionary |
| rokhat | your face dictionary | |
| می‌دیدم | mididam | I was seeing dictionary |
| jâmi | a cup dictionary | |
| می‌خوردم | mikhordam | I was drinking dictionary |
| کشیدم | keshidam | I drew; dar bar keshidan = to embrace dictionary |
| barat | your embrace (dar bar keshidan = to embrace) dictionary | |
| ناگاه | nâgâh | suddenly dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| tâb | twist, curl dictionary | |
| گیسویت | gisuyat | your tresses dictionary |
| نهادم | nahâdam | I laid, I placed (گذاشتم) dictionary |
| لبت | labat | your lips dictionary |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| می‌باش | mibâsh | be! (keep being) (باش) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| khasm | enemy, rival (دشمن) dictionary | |
| می‌ده | mide | give! (jân mide = give up your soul, die) (بده) dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| garmi | warmth dictionary | |
| sardam | cold (dam-sard = cold-breathed) + "my" dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 318. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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