Ghazal 328 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
من که باشم که بر آن خاطرِ عاطِر گذرم؟لطف‌ها می‌کنی ای خاکِ دَرَت، تاجِ سرم
man ke bâsham ke bar ân khâter-e âter gozaram / lotf-hâ mikoni ey khâk-e darat tâj-e saram
Who am I, that I should pass through that fragrant mind of yours? You are too kind, you the dust of whose door is the crown on my head.
COUPLET 2
دلبرا بنده نوازیت که آموخت؟ بگوکه من این ظَن، به رقیبانِ تو هرگز نَبَرم
delbarâ bande-navâzi-t ke âmukht begu / ke man in zan be raghibân-e to hargez nabaram
Tell me, heart-stealer, who taught you this kindness to your servant? I would never suspect your rivals of it.
COUPLET 3
همتم بدرقهٔ راه کن ای طایرِ قدسکه دراز است رَهِ مقصد و من نوسفرم
hemmatam badraghe-ye râh kon ey tâyer-e ghods / ke derâz ast rah-e maghsad o man now-safaram
O holy bird, let your blessing go with me on the road, for the way to the goal is long and I am new to travel.
COUPLET 4
ای نسیمِ سحری بندگیِ من برسانکه فراموش مکن وقتِ دعایِ سحرم
ey nasim-e sahari bandegi-ye man beresân / ke farâmush makon vaght-e do'â-ye saharam
O dawn breeze, take my humble greetings and say: "Do not forget me at the time of your dawn prayer."
COUPLET 5
خُرَم آن روز کز این مرحله بَربَندَم بارو از سرِ کوی تو پرسند رفیقان خبرم
khorram ân ruz k-az in marhale barbandam bâr / v-az sar-e ku-ye to porsand rafighân khabaram
Happy the day when I pack my load and leave this stopping place, and my friends ask for news of me at the end of your street.
COUPLET 6
حافظا شاید اگر در طلبِ گوهرِ وصلدیده دریا کُنم از اشک و در او غوطه خورم
Hâfezâ shâyad agar dar talab-e gowhar-e vasl / dide daryâ konam az ashk o dar u ghute khoram
Hafez, it would be fitting if, in search of the pearl of union, I turned my eyes into a sea of tears and dove into it.
COUPLET 7
پایهٔ نظم بلند است و جهان گیر بگوتا کُند پادشهِ بحر دهان پُر گهرم
pâye-ye nazm boland ast o jahângir begu / tâ konad pâdshah-e bahr dahân por goharam
The rank of poetry is high: speak verse that conquers the world, so that the king of the sea fills my mouth with pearls.
What this fâl tells you
Someone holds you in kinder regard than you think. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that a long road is ahead but that you will not walk it alone; ask for blessings and good wishes, and keep going. Your words have worth: speak them well and they will be rewarded.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -aram (gozaram, saram, nabaram, safaram, saharam, khabaram, khoram, goharam).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| bâsham | I am, I would be; man ke bâsham = who am I? dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| âter | fragrant (Arabic) (خوشبو) | |
| گذرم | gozaram | I pass (through) dictionary |
| لطف‌ها | lotf-hâ | kindnesses; lotf kardan = to be kind dictionary |
| mikoni | you do dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| darat | your door dictionary | |
| tâj | crown dictionary | |
| saram | my head; over me dictionary | |
| delbarâ | O heart-stealer (vocative) dictionary | |
| bande | servant; humble "I" dictionary | |
| âmukht | taught dictionary | |
| begu | tell! say! dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| zan | suspicion, opinion; zan bordan = to suspect (Arabic) (گمان) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| raghibân | rivals in love dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| هرگز | hargez | never dictionary |
| نبرم | nabaram | I do not take; zan nabaram = I would not suspect dictionary |
| badraghe-ye | escort for, companion on (a road) dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| قدس | ghods | holiness; tâyer-e ghods = the holy bird dictionary |
| derâz | long dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| مقصد | maghsad | destination dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| نوسفرم | now-safaram | I am new to travel dictionary |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| beresân | deliver! take! dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| do'â-ye | prayer of dictionary | |
| saharam | at dawn, to me (sahar + -am) dictionary | |
| khorram | cheerful dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| مرحله | marhale | stage of a journey; here this world dictionary |
| bâr | burden, weight dictionary | |
| sar | end, top (of a street) dictionary | |
| ku-ye | street, quarter (of) (کوچه) | |
| پرسند | porsand | (they) ask dictionary |
| rafighân | friends, companions dictionary | |
| khabaram | news of me dictionary | |
| shâyad | it is fitting; it may be dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| talab | request, search dictionary | |
| گوهر | gowhar | pearl, jewel dictionary |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| daryâ | sea dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| ashk | tear dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| ghute | dive, plunge; ghute khordan = to dive dictionary | |
| khoram | I eat; with ghute: I plunge dictionary | |
| پایهٔ | pâye-ye | rank, level of dictionary |
| نظم | nazm | verse, poetry dictionary |
| boland | high; famous dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| گیر | gir | taking; jahângir = world-conquering dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| پادشه | pâdshah | king (پادشاه) |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| dahân | mouth dictionary | |
| پر | por | full dictionary |
| گهرم | goharam | pearls (+ -am: my mouth with pearls) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 328. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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