Ghazal 335 of Hafez (9 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 خراباتِ مُغان گر گذر افتد بازمحاصلِ خرقه و سجاده، روان دربازم
dar kharâbât-e moghân gar gozar oftad bâzam / hâsel-e kherghe o sajjâde ravân darbâzam
If my path ever leads me past the tavern of the Magi again, I will at once gamble away all I have earned from the cloak and the prayer rug.
COUPLET 2
حلقهٔ توبه گر امروز چو زُهّاد زنمخازنِ میکده فردا نَکُنَد در، بازم
halghe-ye towbe gar emruz cho zohhâd zanam / khâzen-e meykade fardâ nakonad dar bâzam
If today I knock on the door-ring of repentance like the ascetics, tomorrow the keeper of the tavern will not open the door to me.
COUPLET 3
ور چو پروانه دهد دست، فَراغِ بالیجز بدان عارضِ شمعی نَبُوَد پروازم
var cho parvâne dahad dast farâgh-e bâli / joz bedân âraz-e sham'i nabovad parvâzam
And if, like the moth, I ever find my wings free, my flight will go nowhere but to that candle-bright cheek.
COUPLET 4
صحبتِ حور نخواهم که بُوَد عینِ قُصوربا خیالِ تو اگر با دِگری پردازم
sohbat-e hur nakhâham ke bovad eyn-e ghosur / bâ khiyâl-e to agar bâ degari pardâzam
I do not want the company of the houris: it would be a real failing if, while I hold your image, I busied myself with anyone else.
COUPLET 5
سِرِّ سودایِ تو در سینه بماندی پنهانچشمِ تَر دامن اگر فاش نکردی رازم
serr-e sodâ-ye to dar sine bemândi penhân / cheshm-e tar-dâman agar fâsh nakardi râzam
The secret of my passion for you would have stayed hidden in my chest, if my wet-hemmed, tearful eye had not given it away.
COUPLET 6
مرغْ سان از قفسِ خاک هوایی گشتمبه هوایی که مگر صید کُنَد شهبازم
morgh-sân az ghafas-e khâk havâyi gashtam / be havâyi ke magar seyd konad shahbâzam
Like a bird I rose from the cage of dust into the air, in the hope that the royal falcon might make me its prey.
COUPLET 7
همچو چنگ ار به کناری ندهی کامِ دلماز لبِ خویش چو نِی یک نفسی بِنْوازم
hamcho chang ar be kenâri nadahi kâm-e delam / az lab-e khish cho ney yek nafasi benvâzam
If you will not grant my heart's wish by holding me close like a harp, then at least play me for one breath on your lips, like a reed flute.
COUPLET 8
ماجرایِ دلِ خون گشته نگویم با کسزان که جز تیغِ غمت نیست کسی دَمسازم
mâjarâ-ye del-e khun gashte naguyam bâ kas / z-ân ke joz tigh-e ghamat nist kasi damsâzam
I will tell no one the story of my blood-soaked heart, for I have no companion but the blade of my grief for you.
COUPLET 9
گر به هر موی، سری بر تنِ حافظ باشدهمچو زلفت همه را در قدمت اندازم
gar be har mu sari bar tan-e Hâfez bâshad / hamcho zolfat hame râ dar ghadamat andâzam
If Hafez had a head on his body for every hair, I would throw them all at your feet, like your falling curls.
What this fâl tells you
Choose sincerity over outward show. Tradition reads this fal as a reminder that a heart set on one true goal is not distracted by other promises; let your effort fly in one direction. What you feel may soon be noticed, even if you never say it out loud.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âzam (bâzam, darbâzam, parvâzam, pardâzam, râzam, shahbâzam, benvâzam, damsâzam, andâzam). Beyts 1 and 2 rhyme bâzam "again" with dar bâzam "the door open to me".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| گذر | gozar | passage dictionary |
| oftad | falls; ghabul oftâdan = to be accepted (بیفتد) dictionary | |
| bâzam | me again (= bâz marâ) dictionary | |
| hâsel | earnings, all one has gained dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| halghe | door-ring, knocker dictionary | |
| emruz | today dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| zohhâd | ascetics (Arabic plural) (زاهدان) dictionary | |
| zanam | I strike; buse zanam = I kiss dictionary | |
| میکده | meykade | tavern dictionary |
| فردا | fardâ | tomorrow dictionary |
| نکند | nakonad | does not do dictionary |
| bâzam | open (to me); dar bâz kardan = to open the door dictionary | |
| ور | var | and if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| پروانه | parvâne | moth (drawn to the candle) dictionary |
| dahad | gives; dast dahad = becomes possible dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| bâli | wing; farâgh-e bâli = free wings, also peace of mind dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| bedân | to that (point) (= be ân) (به آن) | |
| âraz | cheek (گونه) | |
| sham'i | candle-like, bright as a candle dictionary | |
| نبود | nabvad | is not (old form) (نیست / نباشد) dictionary |
| پروازم | parvâzam | my flight dictionary |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| نخواهم | nakhâham | I will not dictionary |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| eyn | the very essence of, pure dictionary | |
| قصور | ghosur | failing, shortcoming; also "palaces" (pun on the palaces of paradise) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| khiyâl | image, thought (of the beloved) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| digari | another person (= digari) (دیگری) | |
| پردازم | pardâzam | I busy myself (with) dictionary |
| sodâ-ye | passion, longing for dictionary | |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| bemândi | would have remained dictionary | |
| پنهان | penhân | hidden dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| tar | wet, fresh dictionary | |
| فاش | fâsh | open, revealed, public dictionary |
| nakardi | would not have done dictionary | |
| râzam | my secret dictionary | |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| قفس | ghafas | cage dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| havâyi | up in the air, airborne dictionary | |
| گشتم | gashtam | I became dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| havâyi | a longing, a desire (also: a breeze) dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| seyd | prey; hunting dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| چنگ | chang | harp dictionary |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| kenâri | an embrace, a lap dictionary | |
| nadahi | you (may) not give dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| ney | reed flute dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| nafasi | for one breath, a moment dictionary | |
| benvâzam | play me! (benvâz + -am) dictionary | |
| ماجرای | mâjarâ-ye | the story of dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| گشته | gashte | having become dictionary |
| نگویم | naguyam | I do not say dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| tigh | sword, blade dictionary | |
| ghamat | your grief dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| kasi | someone; har kasi = everyone dictionary | |
| damsâzam | my close companion dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| mu-ye | hair of dictionary | |
| sari | a head dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| tan | body dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bâshad | were (to be) dictionary | |
| zolfat | your curls dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| قدمت | ghadamat | your foot dictionary |
| andâzam | I throw dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 335. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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