Ghazal 360 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
گر از این منزلِ ویران به سویِ خانه رَوَمدگر آنجا که رَوَم عاقل و فرزانه رَوَم
gar az in manzel-e virân be su-ye khâne ravam / degar ânjâ ke ravam âghel o farzâne ravam
If I go from this ruined lodging back home, then wherever I go after that, I will go wise and sensible.
COUPLET 2
زین سفر گر به سلامت به وطن باز رَسَمنَذر کردم که هم از راه به میخانه روم
z-in safar gar be salâmat be vatan bâz rasam / nazr kardam ke ham az râh be meykhâne ravam
If I come back safely to my homeland from this journey, I have vowed to go straight from the road to the tavern.
COUPLET 3
تا بگویم که چه کشفم شد از این سیر و سلوکبه درِ صَومَعَه با بَربَط و پیمانه روم
tâ beguyam ke che kashfam shod az in seyr o soluk / be dar-e sowme'e bâ barbat o peymâne ravam
To tell what was revealed to me on this spiritual journey, I will go to the cloister door with a lute and a wine cup.
COUPLET 4
آشنایانِ رَهِ عشق گَرَم خون بخورندناکَسَم گر به شکایت سویِ بیگانه روم
âshenâyân-e rah-e eshgh garam khun bekhorand / nâkasam gar be shekâyat su-ye bigâne ravam
Even if those who know love's road drink my blood, I would be a worthless man if I went to a stranger to complain.
COUPLET 5
بعد از این دستِ من و زلفِ چو زنجیرِ نگارچند و چند از پِیِ کامِ دلِ دیوانه روم
ba'd az in dast-e man o zolf-e cho zanjir-e negâr / chand o chand az pey-e kâm-e del-e divâne ravam
From now on my hand will hold the beloved's chain-like curl. How much longer must I chase the wishes of my mad heart?
COUPLET 6
گر ببینم خمِ ابروی چو محرابش بازسجدهٔ شُکر کنم و از پِیِ شُکرانه روم
gar bebinam kham-e abru-ye cho mehrâbash bâz / sajde-ye shokr konam v-az pey-e shokrâne ravam
If I see again the curve of that eyebrow like a prayer niche, I will bow down in gratitude and go to make a thanks offering.
COUPLET 7
خُرَّم آن دَم که چو حافظ به تَوَلّای وزیرسرخوش از میکده با دوست به کاشانه روم
khorram ân dam ke cho Hâfez be tavallâ-ye vazir / sarkhosh az meykade bâ dust be kâshâne ravam
Happy the moment when, like Hafez, devoted to the vizier, I go merry from the tavern to my home with my friend.
What this fâl tells you
This fal is about coming home wiser than you left. Tradition reads it as a promise that a journey or a hard stretch will end safely, and that you should keep the vow you made along the way. Bring your troubles to friends rather than strangers, and when the face you longed for appears again, remember to give thanks.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: ravam. qâfiye: -âne (khâne, farzâne, meykhâne, peymâne, bigâne, divâne, shokrâne, kâshâne). Often read together with the previous ghazal as a poem of the journey home to Shiraz.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| ویران | virân | ruined dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| ravam | I go dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| ânjâ | there dictionary | |
| âghel | wise, rational dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| فرزانه | farzâne | wise, learned dictionary |
| z-in | from this (= az in); z-in pish = before this (از این) | |
| safar | journey dictionary | |
| salâmat | health, safety dictionary | |
| وطن | vatan | homeland dictionary |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| rasam | I arrive; bâz rasam = I get back dictionary | |
| نذر | nazr | vow; nazr kardan = to make a vow dictionary |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| beguyam | (that) I say dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| کشفم | kashfam | (what) was revealed to me (kashf + -am) dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| soluk | journey, progress (on a path) dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| sowme'e | cloister, hermitage (place of formal piety) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| پیمانه | peymâne | cup, measure dictionary |
| âshenâyân | friends dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| گرم | garam | if... me (= agar ... marâ) (اگر مرا) |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| bekhorand | they drink, they eat; khun khordan = to drink someone's blood dictionary | |
| ناکسم | nâkasam | I am a worthless person dictionary |
| shekâyat | complaint dictionary | |
| bigâne | stranger dictionary | |
| ba'd | after; ba'd az in = from now on dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| zanjir | chain dictionary | |
| چند | chand | how many, how long; chand o chand = how much longer dictionary |
| پی | pey | after; pey-e kâri gereftan = to go off about some business dictionary |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| divâne | madman dictionary | |
| bebinam | I see dictionary | |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| محرابش | mehrâbash | its prayer niche (mehrâb + -ash) dictionary |
| shokr | thanks, gratitude dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| khorram | cheerful dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| وزیر | vazir | minister, vizier dictionary |
| میکده | meykade | tavern dictionary |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| کاشانه | kâshâne | home, dwelling dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 360. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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