Ghazal 327 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
مرا عهدی‌ست با جانان که تا جان در بدن دارمهوادارانِ کویش را چو جانِ خویشتن دارم
marâ ahdi-st bâ jânân ke tâ jân dar badan dâram / havâdârân-e kuyash râ cho jân-e khishtan dâram
I have a pact with the beloved: as long as there is life in my body, I will hold the devoted friends of that street as dear as my own life.
COUPLET 2
صفایِ خلوتِ خاطر از آن شمعِ چِگِل جویمفروغِ چشم و نورِ دل از آن ماهِ خُتَن دارم
safâ-ye khalvat-e khâter az ân sham'-e chegel juyam / forugh-e cheshm o nur-e del az ân mâh-e khotan dâram
I seek the brightness of my heart's solitude from that candle of Chegel; the light of my eyes and the glow of my heart come from that moon of Khotan.
COUPLET 3
به کام و آرزویِ دل، چو دارم خلوتی حاصلچه فکر از خُبثِ بدگویان، میانِ انجمن دارم؟
be kâm o ârezu-ye del cho dâram khalvati hâsel / che fekr az khobs-e badguyân miyân-e anjoman dâram
Since I have found a private retreat, just as my heart wished, why should I worry about the malice of slanderers in the crowd?
COUPLET 4
مرا در خانه سروی هست کاندر سایهٔ قَدَّشفَراغ از سروِ بستانی و شمشادِ چمن دارم
marâ dar khâne sarvi hast k-andar sâye-ye ghaddash / farâgh az sarv-e bostâni o shemshâd-e chaman dâram
I have a cypress at home, and in the shade of its tall stature I have no need of the garden cypress or the boxwood of the meadow.
COUPLET 5
گَرَم صد لشکر از خوبان به قصدِ دل کمین سازندبِحَمْدِ الله و الْمِنَّه بُتی لشکرشِکن دارم
garam sad lashkar az khubân be ghasd-e del kamin sâzand / be-hamdellâhe val-menne boti lashkar-shekan dâram
Even if a hundred armies of beauties set an ambush for my heart, praise and thanks be to God, I have an idol who breaks armies.
COUPLET 6
سِزَد کز خاتمِ لَعلَش زَنَم لافِ سلیمانیچو اسمِ اعظمم باشد، چه باک از اهرِمَن دارم؟
sezad k-az khâtam-e la'lash zanam lâf-e soleymâni / cho esm-e a'zamam bâshad che bâk az ahreman dâram
With the seal ring of those ruby lips, I may rightly boast of being a Solomon; when I hold the Greatest Name, why should I fear the demon?
COUPLET 7
الا ای پیرِ فرزانه، مَکُن عیبم ز میخانهکه من در تَرکِ پیمانه دلی پیمان‌شِکن دارم
alâ ey pir-e farzâne makon eybam ze meykhâne / ke man dar tark-e peymâne deli peymân-shekan dâram
O wise elder, do not blame me for the tavern: when it comes to giving up the cup, my heart always breaks its promise.
COUPLET 8
خدا را ای رقیب امشب زمانی دیده بر هم نِهکه من با لَعلِ خاموشش نهانی صد سخن دارم
khodâ râ ey raghib emshab zamâni dide bar ham neh / ke man bâ la'l-e khâmushash nahâni sad sokhan dâram
For God's sake, rival, close your eyes for a moment tonight, for I have a hundred secret words to share with those silent ruby lips.
COUPLET 9
چو در گل‌زارِ اِقبالش خرامانم بِحَمْدِاللهنه میلِ لاله و نسرین، نه برگِ نسترن دارم
cho dar golzâr-e eghbâlash khorâmânam be-hamdellâh / na meyl-e lâle o nasrin na barg-e nastaran dâram
Since, thank God, I stroll proudly in the rose garden of the beloved's favor, I have no desire for tulip or wild rose, and no wish for the eglantine.
COUPLET 10
به رندی شهره شد حافظ میانِ همدمان، لیکنچه غم دارم که در عالم قَوامُ‌الدّین حَسَن دارم
be rendi shohre shod Hâfez miyân-e hamdamân likan / che gham dâram ke dar âlam ghavâmoddin hasan dâram
Hafez became known among his companions for his free-spirited ways, but what do I care? In this world I have Qavam al-Din Hasan.
What this fâl tells you
You are not alone: someone stands by you like a shelter, and with that support the talk of others cannot touch you. Tradition reads this fal as a call to stay loyal to the people and the bond you hold dear. Keep your heart's promise, and let gossip pass by.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dâram ("I have"). qâfiye: -an (badan, khishtan, khotan, anjoman, chaman, shekan, ahreman, sokhan, nastaran, hasan). Each half-line also has an inner rhyme in many lines (jânân/badan, khâter/juyam...). Beyt 5 has an Arabic phrase: be-hamdellâhe val-menne "praise and grace be to God".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| ahdi-st | is a pact (= ahdi ast) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| badan | body dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| هواداران | havâdârân | devoted friends, lovers dictionary |
| کویش | kuyash | the beloved's street dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| khishtan | oneself, one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| safâ-ye | purity, brightness of dictionary | |
| khalvat | private room, solitude dictionary | |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| juyam | I seek dictionary | |
| فروغ | forugh | light, radiance dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| نور | nur | light dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| khalvati | a private retreat dictionary | |
| hâsel | achieved, obtained dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| فکر | fekr | thought dictionary |
| khobs | malice; speaking ill dictionary | |
| badguyân | slanderers dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | among, in the middle of dictionary |
| anjoman | gathering dictionary | |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| sarvi | a cypress (a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| کاندر | k-andar | for in (= ke andar) (که در) |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| قدش | ghaddash | her/his stature dictionary |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| گرم | garam | if... me (= agar ... marâ) (اگر مرا) |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| لشکر | lashkar | army dictionary |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| قصد | ghasd | intent; ghasd kardan = to head for dictionary |
| کمین | kamin | ambush dictionary |
| sâzand | (they) set up, lay (an ambush) dictionary | |
| allâh | God (Arabic) dictionary | |
| boti | an idol, a beauty dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| khâtam | seal ring dictionary | |
| لعلش | la'lash | his/her ruby (lips) dictionary |
| zanam | I strike; buse zanam = I kiss dictionary | |
| لاف | lâf | boast dictionary |
| esm | name; esm-e a'zam = the Greatest Name of God dictionary | |
| a'zamam | my greatest (esm-e a'zam = the Greatest Name of God) dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| فرزانه | farzâne | wise, learned dictionary |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| eybam | my fault dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| tark | giving up, abandoning dictionary | |
| پیمانه | peymâne | cup, measure dictionary |
| deli | a heart dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| raghib | rival in love dictionary | |
| emshab | tonight dictionary | |
| zamâni | a moment dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| هم | ham | together; bar ham nahâdan = to close (the eyes) dictionary |
| نه | neh | put! (bar ham neh = close) (بگذار) dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| khâmushash | his silent dictionary | |
| nahâni | hidden, secret dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| eghbâlash | his/her favor, good fortune dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| میل | meyl | desire, appetite dictionary |
| barg | provision; here wish, appetite (for) dictionary | |
| rendi | free-spirited life of the "rend" (a rogue who scorns hypocrisy) dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| همدمان | hamdamân | companions dictionary |
| لیکن | likan | but (ولی) |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| âlam | world dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 327. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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