Ghazal 362 of Hafez (16 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
دیدار شد مُیَسَّر و بوس و کنار هماز بَخت شُکر دارم و از روزگار هم
didâr shod moyassar o bus o kenâr ham / az bakht shokr dâram o az ruzegâr ham
Seeing the beloved has become possible, and kisses and embraces too. I am grateful to fortune, and to the times as well.
COUPLET 2
زاهد برو که طالع اگر طالعِ من استجامم به دست باشد و زلفِ نگار هم
zâhed borow ke tâle' agar tâle'-e man ast / jâmam be dast bâshad o zolf-e negâr ham
Go away, ascetic! If my fortune really is mine, I will have my cup in my hand and the beloved's curl as well.
COUPLET 3
ما عیب کس به مستی و رندی نمی‌کنیملعلِ بُتان خوش است و مِیِ خوشگوار هم
mâ eyb-e kas be masti o rendi nemikonim / la'l-e botân khosh ast o mey-e khoshgovâr ham
We blame no one for drinking or for free living: the ruby lips of beauties are sweet, and so is smooth wine.
COUPLET 4
ای دل بشارتی دَهَمَت محتسب نماندو از مِی جهان پُر است و بُتِ میگسار هم
ey del beshârati daham-at mohtaseb namând / v-az mey jahân por ast o bot-e meygosâr ham
O heart, I have good news for you: the morals officer is gone, and the world is full of wine and of wine-drinking beauties.
COUPLET 5
خاطر به دستِ تفرقه دادن نه زیرکیستمجموعه‌ای بخواه و صُراحی بیار هم
khâter be dast-e tafraghe dâdan na zirakist / majmu'e'i bekhâh o sorâhi biyâr ham
Handing your mind over to distraction is not wise. Call for a book of collected verse, a collected mind, and bring the wine flask too.
COUPLET 6
بر خاکیانِ عشق فشان جرعهٔ لبشتا خاک لعل‌گون شود و مُشکبار هم
bar khâkiyân-e eshgh feshân jor'e-ye labash / tâ khâk la'l-gun shavad o moshkbâr ham
Sprinkle a sip touched by those lips on love's lowly dust-dwellers, so that the dust turns ruby-red and fragrant with musk.
COUPLET 7
آن شد که چشمِ بد نگران بودی از کمینخصم از میان بِرَفت و سرشک از کنار هم
ân shod ke cheshm-e bad negarân budi az kamin / khasm az miyân beraft o sereshk az kenâr ham
Gone are the days when the evil eye watched us from ambush: the enemy has left the scene, and the tears have left my lap.
COUPLET 8
چون کائنات جمله به بویِ تو زنده‌اندای آفتاب سایه ز ما برمدار هم
chon kâ'enât jomle be bu-ye to zende-and / ey âftâb sâye ze mâ barmadâr ham
Since all creation lives by your fragrance, O sun, do not take your shadow away from us either.
COUPLET 9
چون آب روی لاله و گل، فیضِ حُسنِ توستای ابرِ لطف بر منِ خاکی بِبار هم
chon âb-ru-ye lâle o gol feyz-e hosn-e to-st / ey abr-e lotf bar man-e khâki bebâr ham
Since the bloom of the tulip and the rose is the gift of your beauty, O cloud of kindness, rain on me too, a creature of dust.
COUPLET 10
حافظ اسیرِ زلفِ تو شد از خدا بترسو از اِنتِصافِ آصفِ جم اقتدار هم
Hâfez asir-e zolf-e to shod az khodâ betars / v-az entesâf-e âsef-e jam-eghtedâr ham
Hafez has become the captive of your curl. Fear God, and fear also the justice of the Asaf whose power is like Jamshid's.
COUPLET 11
بُرهان مُلک و دین که ز دستِ وزارتشایام کانْ یمین شد و دریا یسار هم
borhân-e molk o din ke ze dast-e vezâratash / ayyâm kân yamin shod o daryâ yasâr ham
He is Borhan, proof of the realm and the faith; through the generous hand of his ministry, the days have made a mine his right hand and the sea his left.
COUPLET 12
بر یادِ رایِ انورِ او آسمان به صبحجان می‌کُنَد فدا و کواکب نثار هم
bar yâd-e ra'y-e anvar-e u âsmân be sobh / jân mikonad fadâ o kavâkeb nesâr ham
At the thought of his radiant judgment the sky, at dawn, offers up its life, and the stars scatter themselves as gifts.
COUPLET 13
گویِ زمین ربودهٔ چوگانِ عدلِ اوستوین برکشیده گنبدِ نیلی حصار هم
gu-ye zamin rabude-ye chowgân-e adl-e u-st / v-in barkeshide gonbad-e nili-hesâr ham
The ball of the earth has been carried off by the polo stick of his justice, and so has this lofty, blue-walled dome of the sky.
COUPLET 14
عزمِ سَبُک عِنان تو در جنبش آورداین پایدار مرکز عالی مدار هم
azm-e sabok-enân-e to dar jonbesh âvarad / in pâydâr-markaz-e âli-madâr ham
Your resolve, quick on the reins, could set in motion even this high-orbiting sky that turns around its fixed center.
COUPLET 15
تا از نتیجه فلک و طور دور اوستتبدیل ماه و سال و خزان و بهار هم
tâ az natije-ye falak o towr-e dowr-e u-st / tabdil-e mâh o sâl o khazân o bahâr ham
As long as the change of months and years, of autumn and spring, comes from the workings of the heavens and the way they turn,
COUPLET 16
خالی مباد کاخِ جلالش ز سرورانو از ساقیانِ سَروقَدِ گُلعِذار هم
khâli mabâd kâkh-e jalâlash ze sarvarân / v-az sâghiyân-e sarv-ghad-e gol-ezâr ham
may his glorious palace never be empty of noble lords, nor of cypress-tall cupbearers with rose-red cheeks.
What this fâl tells you
This fal opens with long-awaited good news: a meeting has become possible and the watchful eyes that stood in the way are gone. Tradition reads it as a time to give thanks, gather your scattered thoughts and enjoy what has been granted. Help may come from a generous person of standing; receive it gratefully and share your good fortune.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: ham. qâfiye: -âr (kenâr, ruzegâr, negâr, khoshgovâr, meygosâr, biyâr, moshkbâr, barmadâr, bebâr, eghtedâr, yasâr, nesâr, hesâr, madâr, bahâr, ezâr). Beyts 10-16 praise a vizier named Borhan al-Din; beyt 11 puns on kân "mine" (of jewels).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| didâr | face; meeting dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bus | kiss (بوسه) dictionary | |
| کنار | kenâr | embrace; also lap, side dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| bakht | fortune, luck dictionary | |
| shokr | thanks, gratitude dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| ruzegâr | time, days dictionary | |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| tâle' | horoscope, fate, fortune (بخت) dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| jâmam | my cup dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| bâshad | will be dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| eyb | fault, flaw dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| rendi | free-spirited life of the "rend" (a rogue who scorns hypocrisy) dictionary | |
| نمی‌کنیم | nemikonim | we do not do; eyb nemikonim = we do not blame dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| botân | idols: the beauties dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| daham-at | I give you dictionary | |
| نماند | namând | did not remain, ran out dictionary |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| پر | por | full dictionary |
| bot | idol; the beautiful beloved dictionary | |
| میگسار | meygosâr | wine-drinking, wine-drinker dictionary |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| tafraghe | scattering, distraction (of the mind) dictionary | |
| dâdan | to give; az dast dâdan = to let go dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| zirakist | is cleverness (= ziraki ast) dictionary | |
| majmu'e'i | a collection, an anthology of verse; also a collected (calm) mind dictionary | |
| bekhâh | ask for, call for! dictionary | |
| biyâr | bring! dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| khâkiyân | dust-dwellers, humble earthly beings dictionary | |
| فشان | feshân | pour, sprinkle! (= befeshân) (بریز) dictionary |
| jor'e | sip, mouthful dictionary | |
| لبش | labash | her lip dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| shavad | becomes dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| shod | went, passed; ân shod ke = gone are the days when dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| نگران | negarân | watching; negarân bâsh = look! dictionary |
| budi | used to be, would be (habitual) dictionary | |
| کمین | kamin | ambush dictionary |
| khasm | enemy, rival (دشمن) dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | middle; az miyân raft = left the scene dictionary |
| beraft | went away (رفت) dictionary | |
| sereshk | tears (اشک) dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| jomle | all (همه) dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| zende-and | are alive dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| barmadâr | do not take away! (برندار) dictionary | |
| âb | water; âb-ru = luster, bloom; honor dictionary | |
| ru | face; âb-ru = luster, honor dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| فیض | feyz | grace, abundance dictionary |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| to-st | is yours (= to ast) dictionary | |
| abr | cloud dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| khâki | a handful of earth; a humble person dictionary | |
| bebâr | shed! rain down! dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| betars | fear! dictionary | |
| eghtedâr | power, might; jam-eghtedâr = powerful as Jamshid dictionary | |
| borhân | proof dictionary | |
| din | religion, faith dictionary | |
| وزارتش | vezâratash | his ministry, his office as vizier dictionary |
| ayyâm | days, times dictionary | |
| کان | kân | mine (of gems and gold) (معدن) |
| daryâ | sea dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| می‌کند | mikonad | does, is doing dictionary |
| کواکب | kavâkeb | stars dictionary |
| گوی | gu-ye | ball of dictionary |
| zamin | earth, ground dictionary | |
| rabude | carried off, snatched (by) dictionary | |
| چوگان | chowgân | polo stick dictionary |
| adl | justice dictionary | |
| u-st | is his (= u ast) dictionary | |
| وین | v-in | and this (= va in) (و این) |
| گنبد | gonbad | dome dictionary |
| nili | indigo, deep blue dictionary | |
| hesâr | wall, enclosure; nili-hesâr = blue-walled dictionary | |
| azm | resolve, decision dictionary | |
| sabok | light dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| âvarad | brings (present tense) dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| پایدار | pâydâr | steady, fixed; pâydâr-markaz = with a fixed center dictionary |
| مرکز | markaz | center dictionary |
| âli | high, noble dictionary | |
| مدار | madâr | orbit; âli-madâr = with a lofty orbit dictionary |
| نتیجه | natije | result, outcome dictionary |
| فلک | falak | the sky, the heavens; fate dictionary |
| towr | manner, way dictionary | |
| dowr | turn; the passing round of the cup; the age dictionary | |
| tabdil | change, alternation dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | month dictionary |
| sâl | year dictionary | |
| khazân | autumn (پاییز) dictionary | |
| bahâr | spring dictionary | |
| khâli | empty, free dictionary | |
| مباد | mabâd | may it not be (نباشد) dictionary |
| کاخ | kâkh | palace dictionary |
| jalâlash | his glory dictionary | |
| sarvarân | lords, nobles dictionary | |
| sâghiyân | cupbearers dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 362. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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