Ghazal 319 of Hafez (10 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
سال‌ها پیرُویِ مذهبِ رندان کردمتا به فتویّ خِرَد حرص به زندان کردم
sâl-hâ peyrovi-ye mazhab-e rendân kardam / tâ be fatvâ-ye kherad hers be zendân kardam
For years I followed the creed of the free spirits, until, on reason's ruling, I locked greed away in prison.
COUPLET 2
من به سرمنزلِ عَنْقا نه به خود بُردم راهقطعِ این مرحله با مرغِ سلیمان کردم
man be sarmanzel-e anghâ na be khod bordam râh / ghat'-e in marhale bâ morgh-e soleymân kardam
I did not find the way to the Anqa's nest on my own; I crossed this stage of the road with Solomon's bird, the hoopoe.
COUPLET 3
سایه‌ای بر دلِ ریشم فِکَن ای گنجِ روانکه من این خانه به سودایِ تو ویران کردم
sâye'i bar del-e risham fekan ey ganj-e ravân / ke man in khâne be sodâ-ye to virân kardam
Cast a little shade over my wounded heart, O living treasure, for I have ruined this house out of passion for you.
COUPLET 4
توبه کردم که نبوسم لبِ ساقی و کنونمی‌گَزَم لب که چرا گوش به نادان کردم
towbe kardam ke nabusam lab-e sâghi o konun / migazam lab ke cherâ gush be nâdân kardam
I vowed never to kiss the cupbearer's lips, and now I bite my own lip: why did I listen to the ignorant?
COUPLET 5
در خِلاف‌آمدِ عادت بطلب کام! که منکسب جمعیت از آن زلفِ پریشان کردم
dar khalâf-âmad-e âdat betalab kâm ke man / kasb-e jam'iyyat az ân zolf-e parishân kardam
Look for your wish in what runs against habit: I gained my peace of mind from those disheveled curls.
COUPLET 6
نقش مستوری و مستی نه به دستِ من و توستآن چه سلطانِ ازل گفت بکن، آن کردم
naghsh-e masturi o masti na be dast-e man o to-st / ân che soltân-e azal goft bekon ân kardam
Whether we are modest or drunk is not in your hands or mine: whatever the King of eternity told me to do, I did.
COUPLET 7
دارم از لطفِ ازل جنَّتِ فردوس طمعگرچه دربانی میخانه فراوان کردم
dâram az lotf-e azal jannat-e ferdows tama' / garche darbâni-ye meykhâne farâvân kardam
I hope for the garden of paradise from eternal grace, though I have spent a long time keeping the tavern's door.
COUPLET 8
این که پیرانه‌سَرَم صحبتِ یوسف بنواختاجر صبریست که در کلبهٔ احزان کردم
in ke pirâne-saram sohbat-e yusof benavâkht / ajr-e sabri-st ke dar kolbe-ye ahzân kardam
That the company of Joseph has blessed me in my old age is the reward for the patience I kept in the hut of sorrows.
COUPLET 9
صبح‌خیزی و سلامت طلبی چون حافظهر چه کردم همه از دولتِ قرآن کردم
sobh-khizi o salâmat-talabi chon Hâfez / har che kardam hame az dowlat-e ghor'ân kardam
Rising at dawn and seeking well-being, like Hafez: whatever I have done, I have done through the blessing of the Quran.
COUPLET 10
گر به دیوانِ غزل صدرنشینم چه عجب؟سال‌ها بندگیِ صاحبِ دیوان کردم
gar be divân-e ghazal sadr-neshinam che ajab / sâl-hâ bandegi-ye sâheb-e divân kardam
If I sit in the place of honor in the court of the ghazal, is it any wonder? For years I served the Saheb-e Divan, the master of the court.
What this fâl tells you
Patience bears fruit: like Jacob in his hut of sorrows, you may be rewarded with the return of something dear. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that long effort and early rising lead to honor, and that a guide can carry you where you cannot go alone. Seek what you want by an unexpected path.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: kardam ("I did"). qâfiye: -ân (rendân, zendân, soleymân, virân, nâdân, parishân, ân, farâvân, ahzân, ghor'ân, divân).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sâl-hâ | for years dictionary | |
| پیروی | peyrovi | following dictionary |
| مذهب | mazhab | creed, religion dictionary |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| فتوی | fatvâ | religious ruling (فتوا) |
| kherad | reason, wisdom dictionary | |
| hers | greed dictionary | |
| zendân | prison dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| khod | oneself; be khod = on one's own dictionary | |
| bordam | I took dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| قطع | ghat' | crossing, covering (a distance) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| مرحله | marhale | stage of a journey; here this world dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| sâye'i | a shadow, a little shade dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| risham | my wounded (heart) dictionary | |
| فکن | fekan | cast! throw! (بینداز) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| گنج | ganj | treasure dictionary |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| sodâ-ye | passion, longing for dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| ویران | virân | ruined dictionary |
| نبوسم | nabusam | (that) I will not kiss dictionary |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| کنون | konun | now (اکنون) |
| می‌گزم | migazam | I bite (lab gazidan = to bite one's lip in regret) dictionary |
| چرا | cherâ | why dictionary |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| نادان | nâdân | ignorant dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| âdat | habit dictionary | |
| betalab | seek! dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| کسب | kasb-e | acquiring of dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| پریشان | parishân | scattered, disheveled; distressed dictionary |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| to-st | is yours (man o to-st = mine and yours) dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| soltân | sultan, king dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| bekon | make! do! dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| jannat | paradise (بهشت) | |
| فردوس | ferdows | paradise dictionary |
| tama' | hope, expectation dictionary | |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| فراوان | farâvân | abundant, great dictionary |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| benavâkht | favored, blessed dictionary | |
| sabri-st | is (of) a patience (= sabri ast) dictionary | |
| کلبهٔ | kolbe | hut dictionary |
| ahzân | sorrows; kolbe-ye ahzân = the hut where Jacob mourned Joseph (غم‌ها) | |
| salâmat | health, safety dictionary | |
| talabi | seeking (salâmat-talabi = seeking well-being) dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| قرآن | ghor'ân | the Quran dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| divân | court; also a collection of poems; sâheb-e divân = chief minister (a title) dictionary | |
| ghazal | ghazal, lyric poem dictionary | |
| ajab | wonder, strange dictionary | |
| sâheb | owner, master; one who has dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 319. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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