Ghazal 34 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
رَواقِ منظرِ چشمِ من آشیانهٔ توستکَرَم نما و فرود آ که خانه، خانهٔ توست
ravâgh-e manzar-e cheshm-e man âshiyâne-ye to-st / karam namâ o forud â ke khâne khâne-ye to-st
The porch of my eyes' lookout is your nest. Be kind and come down: this house is your house.
COUPLET 2
به لطفِ خال و خط از عارفان ربودی دللطیفه‌های عَجَب زیرِ دام و دانهٔ توست
be lotf-e khâl o khat az âref-ân robudi del / latife-hâ-ye ajab zir-e dâm o dâne-ye to-st
With the charm of your mole and the down on your cheek you stole the hearts of the wise; wondrous subtleties lie hidden under your trap and its bait.
COUPLET 3
دلت به وصلِ گل ای بلبلِ صبا خوش بادکه در چمن همه گلبانگِ عاشقانهٔ توست
delat be vasl-e gol ey bolbol-e sabâ khosh bâd / ke dar chaman hame golbâng-e âsheghâne-ye to-st
May your heart be happy in union with the rose, nightingale of the morning, for the whole meadow is full of your love songs.
COUPLET 4
عِلاجِ ضعفِ دلِ ما به لب حوالت کنکه این مُفَرّح یاقوت در خزانهٔ توست
alâj-e za'f-e del-e mâ be lab havâlat kon / ke in mofarreh-e yâghut dar khazâne-ye to-st
Leave the cure for my heart's weakness to your lips, for this ruby tonic is kept in your treasury.
COUPLET 5
به تن مُقصرم از دولتِ ملازمتتولی خلاصهٔ جان، خاکِ آستانهٔ توست
be tan moghasseram az dowlat-e molâzemat-at / vali kholâse-ye jân khâk-e âstâne-ye to-st
In body I fall short of the fortune of serving you in person, but the essence of my soul is the dust of your threshold.
COUPLET 6
من آن نیَم که دَهَم نقدِ دل به هر شوخیدَرِ خزانه، به مُهر تو و نشانهٔ توست
man ân na-yam ke daham naghd-e del be har shukhi / dar-e khazâne be mohr-e to o neshâne-ye to-st
I am not someone who gives the coin of my heart to every flirt: the door of that treasury bears your seal and your mark.
COUPLET 7
تو خود چه لعبتی ای شهسوارِ شیرین کارکه توسَنی چو فلک، رامِ تازیانهٔ توست
to khod che lo'bati ey shahsavâr-e shirin-kâr / ke towsani cho falak râm-e tâziyâne-ye to-st
What a marvel you are, O charming rider, that an untamed horse like the sky obeys your whip.
COUPLET 8
چه جای من، که بِلَغزَد سپهرِ شعبده‌بازاز این حیَل که در انبانهٔ بهانهٔ توست
che jâ-ye man ke belaghzad sepehr-e sho'bade-bâz / az in heyal ke dar anbâne-ye bahâne-ye to-st
Never mind me: even the trickster sky would slip on the tricks you keep in your bag of excuses.
COUPLET 9
سرودِ مجلست اکنون فلک به رقص آرَدکه شعرِ حافظِ شیرین سخن ترانهٔ توست
sorud-e majlesat aknun falak be raghs ârad / ke she'r-e Hâfez-e shirin-sokhan tarâne-ye to-st
The song of your gathering now sets the heavens dancing, because the poetry of sweet-spoken Hafez is your song.
What this fâl tells you
Open your home and your heart: someone or something good is looking for a place to land. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that the cure you need is near and that your loyalty is noticed even if you cannot always be present. Guard your heart from passing flirtations and keep it for what is truly yours.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -e to-st ("is yours"). qâfiye: -âne (âshiyâne, khâne, dâne, âsheghâne, khazâne, âstâne, neshâne, tâziyâne, bahâne, tarâne).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| منظر | manzar | face, sight dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| âshiyâne | nest dictionary | |
| tu-st | is (fold upon) fold dictionary | |
| نما | namâ | show! (karam namâ = be generous) (بکن) dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| â | come! (forud â = come down) (بیا) dictionary | |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| robudi | you stole dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| latife-hâ-ye | subtleties, fine points of dictionary | |
| ajab | wonder, strange dictionary | |
| zir | under dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| dâne | seed, grain; bead dictionary | |
| delat | your heart dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| âsheghâne | of love, loving dictionary | |
| alâj | cure, treatment dictionary | |
| za'f | weakness dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| havâlat | referral; havâlat kon = leave it to, entrust to (حواله) | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| یاقوت | yâghut | ruby; here the red wine in the cup dictionary |
| khazâne-ye | treasury of dictionary | |
| tan | body dictionary | |
| مقصرم | moghasseram | I fall short, I am at fault dictionary |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| ملازمتت | molâzemat-at | attending you, being in your service dictionary |
| vali | but dictionary | |
| kholâse | essence dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| âstâne | threshold dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| نیم | nim | half; nim-shab = midnight dictionary |
| daham | I give dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| shukhi | joking, teasing; shukhi makon = do not jest dictionary | |
| مهر | mohr | seal dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| نشانهٔ | neshâne | mark, sign dictionary |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| فلک | falak | the sky, the heavens; fate dictionary |
| râm | tame, compliant dictionary | |
| tâziyâne | whip dictionary | |
| jâ-ye | place of; be jâ-ye = toward, for (someone) (در حق) dictionary | |
| belaghzad | slips dictionary | |
| sepehr | sky, the heavens dictionary | |
| sho'bade-bâz | juggler, trickster dictionary | |
| heyal | tricks, ruses (plural of hile) dictionary | |
| anbâne | leather bag, sack (انبان) | |
| bahâne | excuse, pretext dictionary | |
| sorud | song dictionary | |
| مجلست | majlesat | your gathering dictionary |
| aknun | now (حالا) dictionary | |
| raghs | dance dictionary | |
| ârad | brings; be dast ârad = takes in hand, wins (بیاورد) dictionary | |
| she'r | poem, poetry dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 34. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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