Ghazal 356 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
گَرَم از دست برخیزد که با دلدار بنشینمز جامِ وصل مِی نوشم، ز باغِ عیش گل چینم
garam az dast barkhizad ke bâ deldâr beneshinam / ze jâm-e vasl mey nusham, ze bâgh-e eysh gol chinam
If it is ever in my power to sit with my beloved, I will drink wine from the cup of union and pick roses from the garden of pleasure.
COUPLET 2
شرابِ تلخِ صوفی سوز، بنیادم بخواهد بردلبم بر لب نِه ای ساقی و بِستان جانِ شیرینم
sharâb-e talkh-e sufi-suz bonyâdam bekhâhad bord / labam bar lab neh ey sâghi o bestân jân-e shirinam
This bitter, Sufi-burning wine will sweep away my very foundation. Put your lip on my lip, cupbearer, and take my sweet life.
COUPLET 3
مگر دیوانه خواهم شد در این سودا که شب تا روزسخن با ماه می‌گویم، پَری در خواب می‌بینم
magar divâne khâham shod dar in sowdâ ke shab tâ ruz / sokhan bâ mâh miguyam, pari dar khâb mibinam
Am I going mad in this passion? From night until day I talk with the moon, and in my sleep I see a fairy.
COUPLET 4
لبت شِکَّر به مستان داد و چَشمت مِی به مِیخوارانمنم کز غایتِ حِرمان نه با آنم نه با اینم
labat shekkar be mastân dâd o cheshmat mey be meykhârân / manam k-az ghâyat-e hermân na bâ ânam na bâ inam
Your lip gave sugar to the drunken, your eye gave wine to the drinkers; only I, from utter deprivation, have neither the one nor the other.
COUPLET 5
چو هر خاکی که باد آورد، فیضی بُرد از اِنعامتز حالِ بنده یاد آور که خدمتگارِ دیرینم
cho har khâki ke bâd âvard feyzi bord az en'âmat / ze hâl-e bande yâd âvar ke khedmatgâr-e dirinam
Since every speck of dust the wind carried in received a share of your bounty, remember the state of your servant: I have served you for a long time.
COUPLET 6
نه هر کو نقشِ نظمی زد کلامش دلپذیر افتدتَذَروِ طُرفه من گیرم که چالاک است شاهینم
na har k-u naghsh-e nazmi zad kalâmash delpazir oftad / tazarv-e torfe man giram ke châlâk ast shâhinam
Not everyone who strings a verse together speaks words that please the heart. I am the one who catches the rare pheasant, for my falcon is swift.
COUPLET 7
اگر باور نمی‌داری، رو از صورتگرِ چین پُرسکه مانی نسخه می‌خواهد ز نوکِ کِلکِ مُشکینم
agar bâvar nemidâri row az suratgar-e chin pors / ke mâni noskhe mikhâhad ze nok-e kelk-e moshkinam
If you do not believe it, go and ask the painter of China: even Mani wants a copy of what comes from the tip of my musk-black pen.
COUPLET 8
وفاداری و حق گویی نه کارِ هر کسی باشدغلامِ آصفِ ثانی جلالُ الحقِ و الدینم
vafâdâri o hagh-gu'i na kâr-e har kasi bâshad / gholâm-e âsef-e sâni jalâl-ol-hagh-ghe vad-dinam
Loyalty and speaking the truth are not everyone's work. I am the servant of the second Asaf, Jalal al-Haqq wa al-Din.
COUPLET 9
رموزِ مستی و رندی ز من بشنو نه از واعظکه با جام و قَدَح هر دَم ندیمِ ماه و پروینم
romuz-e masti o rendi ze man beshno na az vâ'ez / ke bâ jâm o ghadah har dam nadim-e mâh o parvinam
Learn the secrets of drunkenness and the free-spirited life from me, not from the preacher, for with cup and goblet I am at every moment the companion of the moon and the Pleiades.
What this fâl tells you
This fal speaks of a longing to sit beside the one you love and of a heart that feels left out while others are served. Tradition reads it as a sign that long, faithful service is remembered: ask plainly and with dignity for your share. Trust your own gift as well; like the poet's swift falcon, you can catch what others only admire.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -inam (beneshinam, chinam, shirinam, mibinam, inam, dirinam, shâhinam, moshkinam, dinam, parvinam). Beyt 8 praises a vizier as "a second Asaf"; Jalal al-Din is usually identified as Turanshah, minister of Shah Shoja.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| گرم | garam | if... me (= agar ... marâ) (اگر مرا) |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| barkhizad | rises up dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| beneshinam | I sit down, give up dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| نوشم | nusham | I drink dictionary |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| چینم | chinam | I pick dictionary |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| talkh | bitter dictionary | |
| suz | burning dictionary | |
| bonyâdam | my foundation dictionary | |
| bekhâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| bord | took away dictionary | |
| لبم | labam | my lip dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| نه | neh | put! place! (بگذار) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bestân | take! (بگیر) dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| divâne | madman dictionary | |
| khâham | I will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| sowdâ | passion, obsession dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| می‌گویم | miguyam | I say, I talk dictionary |
| khâb | sleep dictionary | |
| می‌بینم | mibinam | I see dictionary |
| لبت | labat | your lips dictionary |
| shekar | sugar dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| مستان | mastân | the drunk ones dictionary |
| dâd | gave dictionary | |
| چشمت | cheshmat | your eye dictionary |
| منم | manam | I am (the one) dictionary |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| ânam | I am (with) that one (ân + -am) dictionary | |
| inam | I am (with) this one (in + -am) dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| khâki | a handful of earth; a humble person dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| âvard | brought dictionary | |
| feyzi | a share of grace, bounty dictionary | |
| en'âmat | your bounty, your gifts dictionary | |
| hâl | state, condition dictionary | |
| bande | servant; humble "I" dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| âvar | bring!; yâd âvar = remember! (بیاور) dictionary | |
| کو | k-u | who (= ke u); har k-u = whoever (که او) dictionary |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| nazmi | a verse, a poem dictionary | |
| zad | struck; dam zad = breathed out, shone; âtash zad = set on fire dictionary | |
| کلامش | kalâmash | his words dictionary |
| delpazir | pleasing to the heart dictionary | |
| oftad | turns out; delpazir oftad = proves pleasing dictionary | |
| tazarv | pheasant (قرقاول) | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| گیرم | giram | I catch, I take dictionary |
| چالاک | châlâk | nimble, graceful dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| shâhinam | my falcon dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| bâvar | belief; bâvar kardan = to believe dictionary | |
| nemidâri | you do not hold; bâvar nemidâri = you do not believe (باور نمی‌کنی) dictionary | |
| row | go! (برو) dictionary | |
| چین | chin | China; also a curl, fold (pun) dictionary |
| پرس | pors | ask! (= bepors) (بپرس) dictionary |
| می‌خواهد | mikhâhad | wants dictionary |
| نوک | nok | tip dictionary |
| کلک | kelk | reed pen (قلم) |
| vafâdâri | loyalty dictionary | |
| hagh | right, claim dictionary | |
| gu'i | saying; hagh-gu'i = speaking the truth dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| kasi | someone; har kasi = everyone dictionary | |
| bâshad | is (as a rule) dictionary | |
| gholâm | servant dictionary | |
| sâni | second; âsef-e sâni = "a second Asaf", a praised vizier dictionary | |
| jalâl | majesty dictionary | |
| al-hagh | the Truth (Arabic; part of the title Jalal al-Haqq) dictionary | |
| ad-dinam | the Faith (Arabic, Jalal ... al-Din) + -am "I am (his servant)" dictionary | |
| romuz | mysteries, secret signs dictionary | |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| rendi | free-spirited life of the "rend" (a rogue who scorns hypocrisy) dictionary | |
| beshno | listen! dictionary | |
| واعظ | vâ'ez | preacher dictionary |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| ندیم | nadim | boon companion, courtier dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 356. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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