Ghazal 336 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
مژدهٔ وصلِ تو کو کز سرِ جان برخیزمطایرِ قُدسم و از دامِ جهان برخیزم
mozhde-ye vasl-e to ku k-az sar-e jân barkhizam / tâyer-e ghodsam o az dâm-e jahân barkhizam
Where is the good news of union with you, so that I may rise and give up my life? I am a bird of the holy world, and I will rise out of the trap of this world.
COUPLET 2
به ولای تو که گر بندهٔ خویشم خوانیاز سرِ خواجگیِ کون و مکان برخیزم
be velâ-ye to ke gar bande-ye khisham khâni / az sar-e khâjegi-ye kown o makân barkhizam
I swear by my love for you: if you call me your own servant, I will give up lordship over all of creation.
COUPLET 3
یا رب از ابرِ هدایت بِرَسان بارانیپیشتر زان که چو گَردی ز میان برخیزم
yâ rab az abr-e hedâyat beresân bârâni / pishtar z-ân ke cho gardi ze miyân barkhizam
O Lord, send down a rain from the cloud of guidance before I rise and vanish like a speck of dust.
COUPLET 4
بر سرِ تربتِ من با مِی و مُطرب بنشینتا به بویت ز لحد رقص کُنان برخیزم
bar sar-e torbat-e man bâ mey o motreb beneshin / tâ be buyat ze lahad raghs-konân barkhizam
Sit at my grave with wine and a musician, so that at your scent I rise dancing from the tomb.
COUPLET 5
خیز و بالا بنما ای بتِ شیرین حرکاتکز سرِ جان و جهان دست فشان برخیزم
khiz o bâlâ benmâ ey bot-e shirin-harakât / k-az sar-e jân o jahân dast-feshân barkhizam
Rise and show your tall figure, idol of sweet movements, so that I rise, waving my hands in dance, and leave life and world behind.
COUPLET 6
گرچه پیرم تو شبی تنگ در آغوشم کَشتا سحرگه ز کنارِ تو جوان برخیزم
garche piram to shabi tang dar âghusham kesh / tâ sahargah ze kenâr-e to javân barkhizam
Though I am old, hold me tight in your arms for one night, so that at dawn I rise from your side young again.
COUPLET 7
روز مرگم نفسی مهلتِ دیدار بدهتا چو حافظ ز سرِ جان و جهان برخیزم
ruz-e margam nafasi mohlat-e didâr bedeh / tâ cho Hâfez ze sar-e jân o jahân barkhizam
On my last day, give me one breath's time to see you, so that, like Hafez, I may rise above life and the world.
What this fâl tells you
Good news you are waiting for can lift you higher than the worries that hold you down. Tradition reads this fal as a sign of renewal: like rain on dry ground, help and guidance will come, and you may feel young and light again. Ask sincerely, and be ready to rise.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: barkhizam ("I rise"). qâfiye: -ân (jân, jahân, makân, miyân, konân, feshân, javân).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| to | you dictionary | |
| کو | ku | where is? (کجاست) dictionary |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| sar | head; az sar-e chizi barkhâstan = to give something up dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| barkhizam | I rise dictionary | |
| قدسم | ghodsam | of holiness + -am "I am"; âlam-e ghods = the holy world dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| bande | servant; humble "I" dictionary | |
| khisham | my own dictionary | |
| khâni | you call dictionary | |
| مکان | makân | place dictionary |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| abr | cloud dictionary | |
| هدایت | hedâyat | guidance dictionary |
| beresân | deliver! take! dictionary | |
| bârâni | a rain dictionary | |
| پیشتر | pishtar | before, earlier dictionary |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| gardi | some dust, a speck of dust dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| میان | miyân | the midst; ze miyân barkhâstan = to vanish dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| beneshin | sit! dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| buyat | your scent dictionary | |
| raghs | dance dictionary | |
| کنان | konân | doing; raghs-konân = dancing dictionary |
| khiz | rise! (برخیز) | |
| bâlâ | stature; sahi-bâlâ = straight and tall (قامت) dictionary | |
| benamâ | show! (نشان بده) dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| bot | idol; the beautiful beloved dictionary | |
| harakât | movements (Arabic plural) dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| فشان | feshân | waving; dast-feshân = waving the hands in dance dictionary |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| پیرم | piram | I am old dictionary |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| âghusham | my arms, embrace dictionary | |
| کش | kesh | draw! pull! (tang dar âghush kesh = hold tight) (بکش) dictionary |
| sahargah | at dawn (سحرگاه) | |
| کنار | kenâr | side, embrace dictionary |
| javân | young dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| مرگم | margam | my death dictionary |
| nafasi | for one breath, a moment dictionary | |
| مهلت | mohlat | respite, time allowed dictionary |
| didâr | face; meeting dictionary | |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 336. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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