Ghazal 347 of Hafez (8 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
صَنَما با غمِ عشقِ تو چه تدبیر کنم؟تا به کِی در غمِ تو نالهٔ شبگیر کنم؟
sanamâ bâ gham-e eshgh-e to che tadbir konam / tâ be key dar gham-e to nâle-ye shabgir konam
My idol, what can I do about the sorrow of loving you? How long must I moan before dawn in grief for you?
COUPLET 2
دل دیوانه از آن شد که نصیحت شِنَوَدمگرش هم ز سرِ زلفِ تو زنجیر کنم
del divâne az ân shod ke nasihat shenavad / magarash ham ze sar-e zolf-e to zanjir konam
My heart went mad from listening to advice; perhaps I should chain it with the tip of your curl.
COUPLET 3
آن چه در مدتِ هِجرِ تو کشیدم هیهاتدر یکی نامه محال است که تَحریر کنم
ân che dar moddat-e hejr-e to keshidam heyhât / dar yeki nâme mohâl ast ke tahrir konam
Alas, what I suffered while I was apart from you cannot possibly be written in a single letter.
COUPLET 4
با سرِ زلفِ تو مجموعِ پریشانی خودکو مجالی که سراسر همه تقریر کنم؟
bâ sar-e zolf-e to majmu'-e parishâni-ye khod / ku majâli ke sarâsar hame taghrir konam
Where can I find the chance to tell the tip of your curl the whole story of my scattered distress, from beginning to end?
COUPLET 5
آن زمان کآرزویِ دیدنِ جانم باشددر نظر نقشِ رخِ خوبِ تو تصویر کنم
ân zamân k-ârezu-ye didan-e jânam bâshad / dar nazar naghsh-e rokh-e khub-e to tasvir konam
Whenever my soul longs to see you, I picture your lovely face before my eyes.
COUPLET 6
گر بدانم که وصالِ تو بدین دست دهددین و دل را همه دَربازم و توفیر کنم
gar bedânam ke vesâl-e to bedin dast dahad / din o del râ hame darbâzam o towfir konam
If I knew that union with you could be won this way, I would gamble away all my faith and heart and count it a profit.
COUPLET 7
دور شو از برم ای واعظ و بیهوده مگویمن نه آنم که دگر گوش به تزویر کنم
dur sho az baram ey vâ'ez o bihude maguy / man na ânam ke degar gush be tazvir konam
Get away from me, preacher, and stop talking nonsense; I am not one who will listen to hypocrisy again.
COUPLET 8
نیست امّید صَلاحی ز فسادِ حافظچون که تقدیر چُنین است، چه تدبیر کنم؟
nist omid-e salâhi ze fesâd-e Hâfez / chon ke taghdir chonin ast che tadbir konam
There is no hope of goodness from wicked Hafez; since fate has made it so, what can I do?
What this fâl tells you
Some feelings are bigger than any letter or advice. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that you have done what you could; now let go of overthinking and accept what fate has written. Keep the face you love clear in your mind, and do not listen to people who speak without sincerity.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: konam ("I do"). qâfiye: -ir (tadbir, shabgir, zanjir, tahrir, taghrir, tasvir, towfir, tazvir).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| tadbir | plan, course of action dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| نالهٔ | nâle | moan, lament dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| divâne | madman dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| نصیحت | nasihat | advice dictionary |
| shenavad | hears, listens to dictionary | |
| مگرش | magarash | perhaps ... him (magar + -ash) dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| sar | tip, end dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| zanjir | chain dictionary | |
| کشیدم | kashidam | I suffered, endured dictionary |
| yeki | one (person) dictionary | |
| نامه | nâme | letter dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| مجموع | majmu' | the whole of, all of dictionary |
| parishâni-ye | turmoil, distress of dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| کو | ku | where is? (کجاست) dictionary |
| majâli | a chance, room (to speak) dictionary | |
| sarâsar | entirely, all dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| taghrir | explaining, stating dictionary | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| کآرزوی | k-ârezu-ye | that the longing for (= ke ârezu-ye) (که آرزوی) |
| didan | to see dictionary | |
| jânam | my soul dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| khub | good dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| bedânam | I knew dictionary | |
| وصال | vesâl | union with the beloved dictionary |
| bedin | with this, in this (= be in) (با این) | |
| dast | hand; dast dâdan = to become possible, come within reach dictionary | |
| dahad | gives, may give dictionary | |
| din | religion, faith dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dur | far, away dictionary | |
| sho | become! be! (بشو) dictionary | |
| baram | my side (bar + -am) dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| واعظ | vâ'ez | preacher dictionary |
| bihude | nonsense; in vain dictionary | |
| maguy | do not say (نگو) dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| tazvir | deceit, hypocrisy dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| omid | hope dictionary | |
| فساد | fesâd | corruption, wickedness dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| taghdir | fate, destiny dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 347. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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