Ghazal 339 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
خیالِ رویِ تو چون بُگذَرَد به گلشنِ چَشمدل از پِیِ نظر آید به سویِ روزنِ چَشم
khiyâl-e ru-ye to chon bogzarad be golshan-e cheshm / del az pey-e nazar âyad be su-ye rowzan-e cheshm
When the image of your face passes into the rose garden of my eyes, my heart comes to the window of the eye to look.
COUPLET 2
سزایِ تکیه گَهَت مَنظَری نمی‌بینممنم ز عالَم و این گوشهٔ مُعَیَّنِ چَشم
sezâ-ye tekye-gahat manzari nemibinam / manam ze âlam o in gushe-ye mo'ayyan-e cheshm
I see no lookout worthy of being your resting place; all I have in the world is this corner of the eye kept for you.
COUPLET 3
بیا که لَعل و گُهَر در نثارِ مَقْدَمِ توز گنج‌خانه دل می‌کشم به روزنِ چَشم
biyâ ke la'l o gohar dar nesâr-e maghdam-e to / ze ganjkhâne-ye del mikesham be rowzan-e cheshm
Come: to scatter at your arrival I am drawing rubies and pearls from the treasury of my heart up to the window of my eye.
COUPLET 4
سَحَر سِرِشکِ رَوانم سرِ خرابی داشتگَرَم نه خونِ جگر می‌گرفت دامنِ چَشم
sahar sereshk-e ravânam sar-e kharâbi dâsht / garam na khun-e jegar migereft dâman-e cheshm
At dawn my flowing tears were set on ruin, if the blood of my heart had not held back the hem of my eye.
COUPLET 5
نخست روز که دیدم رخِ تو دل می‌گفتاگر رسَد خلَلی، خونِ من به گردنِ چَشم
nakhost ruz ke didam rokh-e to del migoft / agar rasad khalali khun-e man be gardan-e cheshm
On the first day I saw your face, my heart was saying: "If any harm comes to me, my blood is on the eye's neck."
COUPLET 6
به بویِ مژدهٔ وصلِ تو تا سَحَر، شبِ دوشبه راهِ باد نهادم چراغِ روشنِ چَشم
be bu-ye mozhde-ye vasl-e to tâ sahar shab-e dush / be râh-e bâd nahâdam cherâgh-e rowshan-e cheshm
Last night, hoping for news of union with you, I set the bright lamp of my eye in the path of the wind until dawn.
COUPLET 7
به مردمی که دلِ دردمندِ حافظ رامَزَن به ناوَکِ دلدوزِ مردم افکنِ چَشم
be mardomi ke del-e dardmand-e Hâfez râ / mazan be nâvak-e delduz-e mardom-afkan-e cheshm
For kindness' sake, do not strike Hafez's aching heart with the heart-piercing, man-felling arrow of your eye.
What this fâl tells you
Keep a place ready for what you are hoping for: the good news may arrive sooner than you expect. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that your waiting and watching are seen, and that care and kindness will be returned. Guard your heart, but keep your eyes open.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: cheshm ("eye"). qâfiye: -an (golshan, rowzan, mo'ayyan, dâman, gardan, rowshan, afkan). The rhyme word rowzan "window" is repeated in beyts 1 and 3.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| khiyâl | image (of the beloved) dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| bogzarad | passes (into) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| پی | pey | after; pey-e kâri gereftan = to go off about some business dictionary |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| âyad | comes, will come (می‌آید) dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| tekye | leaning, reliance dictionary | |
| گهت | gahat | place (+ -at: your); tekye-gah = resting place dictionary |
| manzari | a view, a lookout dictionary | |
| نمی‌بینم | nemibinam | I do not see dictionary |
| منم | manam | I am (the one) dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| گوشهٔ | gushe | corner dictionary |
| معین | mo'ayyan | set aside, assigned dictionary |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| گهر | gohar | pearl, jewel (here tears) (گوهر) |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| نثار | nesâr-e | scattered as an offering on (فدای) |
| می‌کشم | mikesham | I draw, carry (up) dictionary |
| sahar | dawn dictionary | |
| sereshk | tears (اشک) dictionary | |
| sar | intention; sar-e chizi dâshtan = to be set on something dictionary | |
| dâsht | had dictionary | |
| گرم | garam | if... me (= agar ... marâ) (اگر مرا) |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| jegar | liver; khun-e jegar = deep grief dictionary | |
| می‌گرفت | migereft | was holding (back) dictionary |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| didam | I saw dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| می‌گفت | migoft | was saying dictionary |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| resad | reaches (برسد) dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| گردن | gardan | neck dictionary |
| bu | hope; be bu-ye = in hope of dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| نهادم | nahâdam | I laid, I placed (گذاشتم) dictionary |
| چراغ | cherâgh | lamp dictionary |
| rowshan | lit, bright dictionary | |
| mardomi | humanity, kindness dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| مزن | mazan | do not strike dictionary |
| مردم | mardom | pupil (mardom-e cheshm); also "people" dictionary |
| afkan | throwing down; mardom-afkan = man-felling dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 339. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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