Ghazal 332 of Hafez (11 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
مزن بر دل ز نوکِ غمزه تیرمکه پیشِ چشمِ بیمارت بمیرم
mazan bar del ze nok-e ghamze tiram / ke pish-e cheshm-e bimârat bemiram
Do not shoot an arrow into my heart from the tip of your glance; let me die instead before your languid eyes.
COUPLET 2
نِصاب حُسن در حدِّ کمال استزکاتم دِه که مسکین و فقیرم
nesâb-e hosn dar hadd-e kamâl ast / zakâtam deh ke meskin o faghiram
Your beauty has reached its full measure: pay me its alms, for I am poor and needy.
COUPLET 3
چو طفلان تا کِی ای زاهد، فریبیبه سیبِ بوستان و شهد و شیرم
cho teflân tâ key ey zâhed faribi / be sib-e bustân o shahd o shiram
Ascetic, how long will you try to fool me like a child with the apples of the garden of paradise, with honey and milk?
COUPLET 4
چُنان پُر شد فضایِ سینه از دوستکه فکرِ خویش گم شد از ضمیرم
chenân por shod fazâ-ye sine az dust / ke fekr-e khish gom shod az zamiram
My chest has filled so completely with the Friend that the thought of myself has vanished from my mind.
COUPLET 5
قدح پُر کن که من در دولتِ عشقجوانبخت جهانم گرچه پیرم
ghadah por kon ke man dar dowlat-e eshgh / javân-bakht-e jahânam garche piram
Fill the cup: under the good fortune of love I am the world's young and lucky one, though I am old.
COUPLET 6
قراری بسته‌ام با مِی فروشانکه روزِ غم به جز ساغر نگیرم
gharâri baste-am bâ mey-forushân / ke ruz-e gham bejoz sâghar nagiram
I have made a pact with the wine-sellers that on a day of sorrow I will take up nothing but the cup.
COUPLET 7
مبادا جز حسابِ مُطرب و مِیاگر نقشی کشد کِلکِ دبیرم
mabâdâ joz hesâb-e motreb o mey / agar naghshi keshad kelk-e dabiram
If the pen of my scribe ever draws a line, may it record nothing but the account of musicians and wine.
COUPLET 8
در این غوغا که کَس کَس را نپُرسدمن از پیرِ مُغان منّت پذیرم
dar in ghowghâ ke kas kas râ naporsad / man az pir-e moghân mennat paziram
In this uproar, where no one asks after anyone, I gladly accept the kindness of the elder of the Magi.
COUPLET 9
خوشا آن دَم کز اِستغنایِ مستیفَراغت باشد از شاه و وزیرم
khoshâ ân dam k-az esteghnâ-ye masti / farâghat bâshad az shâh o vaziram
How sweet the moment when, in the carefree pride of drunkenness, I need nothing from king or vizier.
COUPLET 10
من آن مرغم که هر شام و سحرگاهز بامِ عرش می‌آید صَفیرم
man ân morgham ke har shâm o sahargâh / ze bâm-e arsh miâyad safiram
I am the bird whose song comes down from the roof of heaven every evening and every dawn.
COUPLET 11
چو حافظ گنج او در سینه دارماگرچه مُدَّعی بیند حقیرم
cho Hâfez ganj-e u dar sine dâram / agarche modda'i binad haghiram
Like Hafez, I carry the beloved's treasure in my chest, even though the pretender looks down on me.
What this fâl tells you
What you carry inside is worth more than what others see on the outside. Tradition reads this fal as encouragement to stop needing approval from people in high places: a wise guide is already kind to you. Fill your days with what makes your heart young.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -iram (tiram, bemiram, faghiram, shiram, zamiram, piram, nagiram, dabiram, paziram, vaziram, safiram, haghiram). Same meter and rhyme as ghazal 331.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مزن | mazan | do not shoot, do not strike dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| نوک | nok | tip dictionary |
| tiram | an arrow (+ -am: at me) dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bimârat | your languid (literally "sick") eye dictionary | |
| bemiram | (that) I die dictionary | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| hadd | limit, capacity; hadd-e ... nist = not within the power of dictionary | |
| کمال | kamâl | perfection, height, fullness dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| فقیرم | faghiram | I am needy dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| teflân | children dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| faribi | you deceive, lure dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sib | apple dictionary | |
| bustân | garden (here of paradise) dictionary | |
| shahd | honey dictionary | |
| shiram | milk (+ -am: me) dictionary | |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| پر | por | full dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| فضای | fazâ-ye | the space of dictionary |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| فکر | fekr | thought dictionary |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| zamiram | my mind, inner self dictionary | |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| jahânam | of the world (+ -am: I am) dictionary | |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| پیرم | piram | I am old dictionary |
| gharâri | an agreement, a pact dictionary | |
| baste-am | I have made (a pact) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| فروشان | forushân | sellers; meyforushân = wine-sellers dictionary |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| نگیرم | nagiram | I do not take up dictionary |
| مبادا | mabâdâ | may it never be! dictionary |
| hesâb | reckoning, account dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| naghshi | an image dictionary | |
| کشد | keshad | draws dictionary |
| کلک | kelk | reed pen (قلم) |
| dabiram | my scribe (perhaps Mercury, the heavenly scribe) dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| نپرسد | naporsad | does not ask dictionary |
| پیر | pir | elder; spiritual master dictionary |
| پذیرم | paziram | I accept dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| esteghnâ-ye | self-sufficiency, aloofness of (بی‌نیازی) dictionary | |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| فراغت | farâghat | ease, peace, freedom from care dictionary |
| bâshad | is, will be dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| وزیرم | vaziram | vizier, minister (+ -am: I have) dictionary |
| مرغم | morgham | I am the bird dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| shâm | evening dictionary | |
| arsh | the throne of God, highest heaven dictionary | |
| می‌آید | miâyad | comes dictionary |
| safiram | my whistling, birdsong dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| گنج | ganj | treasure dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| agarche | although dictionary | |
| modda'i | pretender, critic dictionary | |
| binad | sees dictionary | |
| haghiram | me as small, lowly dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 332. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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