Ghazal 326 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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COUPLET 1
در نهانخانهٔ عشرت صنمی خوش دارمکز سر زلف و رخش، نعل در آتش دارم
dar nahân-khâne-ye eshrat sanami khosh dâram / k-az sar-e zolf o rokhash na'l dar âtash dâram
In the hidden chamber of pleasure I keep a lovely idol; because of those curls and that face I am as restless as a horseshoe in the fire.
COUPLET 2
عاشق و رندم و می‌خواره به آواز بلندوین همه منصب از آن حور پری‌وش دارم
âshegh o rendam o meykhâre be âvâz-e boland / v-in hame mansab az ân hur-e parivash dâram
I am a lover, a free spirit and a wine-drinker, and I say so out loud; all these honors I owe to that fairy-faced houri.
COUPLET 3
گر تو زین دست، مرا بی سر و سامان داریمن به آه سحرت زلف، مشوش دارم
gar to z-in dast marâ bi sar o sâmân dâri / man be âh-e saharat zolf moshavvash dâram
If you keep me like this, with no home and no peace, I will tangle your curls with my sighs at dawn.
COUPLET 4
گر چنین چهره گشاید خطِ زنگاریِ دوستمن رخ زرد، به خونابه منقش دارم
gar chenin chehre goshâyad khat-e zangâri-ye dust / man rokh-e zard be khunâbe monaghghash dâram
If the beloved's verdigris-green down shows its face like this, I will keep my pale face painted with bloody tears.
COUPLET 5
گر به کاشانهٔ رندان قدمی خواهی زدنُقل شعر شِکرین و مِیِ بی‌غش دارم
gar be kâshâne-ye rendân ghadami khâhi zad / noghl-e she'r-e shekarin o mey-e bi-ghash dâram
If you will take a step toward the home of the free spirits, I have sweets of sugary poetry and pure wine for you.
COUPLET 6
ناوَک غمزه بیار و رَسَنِ زلف که منجنگ‌ها با دل مجروح بلاکش دارم
nâvak-e ghamze biyâr o rasan-e zolf ke man / jang-hâ bâ del-e majruh-e balâkesh dâram
Bring the arrows of your glances and the rope of your curls, for I have many battles to fight with my wounded, long-suffering heart.
COUPLET 7
حافظا چون غم و شادیِّ جهان در گذر استبهتر آن است که من خاطر خود خوش دارم
Hâfezâ chon gham o shâdi-ye jahân dar gozar ast / behtar ân ast ke man khâter-e khod khosh dâram
Hafez, since the sorrows and joys of this world are passing, it is better that I keep my heart happy.
What this fâl tells you
Joys and sorrows both pass; this fal's last word is to keep your heart glad. Tradition reads it as an invitation to welcome good company, share sweet words, and not let restlessness rule you. Open your door to the one you care for; you have something worth offering.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dâram ("I have"). qâfiye: -ash (khosh, âtash, parivash, moshavvash, monaghghash, bi-ghash, balâkesh, khosh).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| sar | head; tip (sar-e zolf = the tip of a curl) dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| rokhash | his/her face dictionary | |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| rendam | I am a rend, a free-spirited rogue dictionary | |
| می‌خواره | meykhâre | wine-drinker dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| âvâz | voice, song dictionary | |
| boland | loud, high dictionary | |
| وین | v-in | and this (= va in) (و این) |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| منصب | mansab | rank, office dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| z-in | from this (= az in); z-in pish = before this (از این) | |
| dast | hand; z-in dast = in this way dictionary | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| sâmân | order, calm dictionary | |
| dâri | you keep dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| saharat | dawn (+ "your": my dawn sighs over you) dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| چهره | chehre | face dictionary |
| گشاید | goshâyad | opens dictionary |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| zangâri | verdigris-green dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| zard | yellow, pale dictionary | |
| khunâbe | bloody tears dictionary | |
| کاشانهٔ | kâshâne | home, dwelling dictionary |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| ghadami | a step dictionary | |
| khâhi | you want dictionary | |
| zad | strike; ghadam zadan = to take a step dictionary | |
| نقل | noghl | sweets served with wine dictionary |
| she'r | poem, poetry dictionary | |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| biyâr | bring! dictionary | |
| jang-hâ | battles dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| مجروح | majruh | wounded (زخمی) dictionary |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| shâdi | joy dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| گذر | gozar | passage dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| behtar | better dictionary | |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| khod | own dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 326. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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