Ghazal 331 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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What this fâl tells you
After a long night, the morning you hope for is near. Tradition reads this fal as a promise of help: someone wise will reach out a hand and lift your spirits, even make you feel young again. Stay faithful to what you have sworn to love, and let go of outward show.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -iram (nagiram, paziram, bemiram, dastgiram, asiram, piram).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| tigham | with a sword (+ -am: me) dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| کشد | koshad | kills dictionary |
| dastash | his/her hand dictionary | |
| نگیرم | nagiram | I do not take, hold; sar bar nagiram = I will not lift my head; dar vey nagiram = I would not catch (fire) in it dictionary |
| وگر | va gar | or if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| tiram | an arrow (+ -am: at me) dictionary | |
| zanad | strikes; dam zadan = to speak, to breathe dictionary | |
| پذیرم | paziram | I accept dictionary |
| abruyat | your eyebrow dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| bezan | play! strike! dictionary | |
| tir | arrow dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | before, in front of dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bâzuyat | your arm dictionary | |
| bemiram | (that) I die dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| giti | world; do giti = this world and the next dictionary | |
| پایم | pâyam | my feet dictionary |
| dar ârad | brings down; az pâ dar âvardan = to knock down dictionary | |
| bejoz | except (جز) | |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| که | ke | who? (چه کسی) |
| bâshad | would be dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| omid | hope dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| فریادم | faryâdam | my cry; be faryâd rasidan = to come to the rescue dictionary |
| ras | reach! come! (برس) dictionary | |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| jor'e | sip, mouthful dictionary | |
| javânam | me young dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| پیرم | piram | I am old dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| khordam | I ate; sowgand khordan = to swear dictionary | |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| پای | pâ | foot; az pâ oftâdan = to collapse dictionary |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| besuz | burn! dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| taghvâ | piety dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| shavam | I (will) become dictionary | |
| vey | it, him, her (= u) (او) |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 331. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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