Ghazal 363 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
دَردَم از یار است و درمان نیز همدل فدایِ او شد و جان نیز هم
dardam az yâr ast o darmân niz ham / del fadâ-ye u shod o jân niz ham
My pain comes from the beloved, and my cure as well. My heart was given up for that one, and my soul too.
COUPLET 2
این که می‌گویند آن خوشتر ز حسنیار ما این دارد و آن نیز هم
in ke miguyand ân khoshtar ze hosn / yâr-e mâ in dârad o ân niz ham
That certain something which they say is sweeter than beauty: our beloved has this beauty, and that charm too.
COUPLET 3
یاد باد آن کاو به قصدِ خونِ ماعهد را بشکست و پیمان نیز هم
yâd bâd ân k-u be ghasd-e khun-e mâ / ahd râ beshkast o peymân niz ham
I remember the one who, set on shedding our blood, broke the promise, and the pledge as well.
COUPLET 4
دوستان در پرده می‌گویم سخنگفته خواهد شد به دَستان نیز هم
dustân dar parde miguyam sokhan / gofte khâhad shod be dastân niz ham
Friends, for now I speak behind a veil; one day this will be told openly as a tale too.
COUPLET 5
چون سر آمد دولتِ شب‌هایِ وصلبگذرد ایامِ هِجران نیز هم
chon sar âmad dowlat-e shab-hâ-ye vasl / bogzarad ayyâm-e hejrân niz ham
Just as the good fortune of the nights of union came to an end, the days of separation will pass as well.
COUPLET 6
هر دو عالم یک فروغِ رویِ اوستگفتمت پیدا و پنهان نیز هم
har do âlam yek forugh-e ru-ye u-st / goftamat peydâ o penhân niz ham
Both worlds are a single gleam of that face. I have told you this openly, and in secret too.
COUPLET 7
اعتمادی نیست بر کارِ جهانبلکه بر گردونِ گَردان نیز هم
e'temâdi nist bar kâr-e jahân / balke bar gardun-e gardân niz ham
There is no trusting the affairs of the world, nor even the turning wheel of the sky.
COUPLET 8
عاشق از قاضی نترسد مِی بیاربلکه از یَرغویِ دیوان نیز هم
âshegh az ghâzi natarsad mey biyâr / balke az yarghu-ye divân niz ham
A lover has no fear of the judge, so bring wine! Nor does he fear the court's tribunal.
COUPLET 9
محتسب داند که حافظ عاشق استو آصفِ مُلکِ سلیمان نیز هم
mohtaseb dânad ke Hâfez âshegh ast / v-âsef-e molk-e soleymân niz ham
The morals officer knows that Hafez is a lover, and so does the Asaf of Solomon's kingdom.
What this fâl tells you
This fal holds a simple comfort: the one who gives the pain also holds the cure. Tradition reads it as a promise that, just as good times ended, the days of separation and difficulty will pass too. Do not put your trust in the turning of fortune, but in love, and speak your heart without fear.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: niz ham. qâfiye: -ân (darmân, jân, ân, peymân, dastân, hejrân, penhân, gardân, divân, soleymân). In beyt 2 ân means the indefinable charm beyond mere beauty.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| dardam | my pain dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| darmân | cure, remedy dictionary | |
| نیز | niz | also dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| می‌گویند | miguyand | they say dictionary |
| ân | "that" certain something, the indefinable charm dictionary | |
| khoshtar | sweeter, more pleasant dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| bâd | may it be; yâd bâd = may it be remembered dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| کاو | k-u | who (= ke u) (که او) |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| قصد | ghasd | intent; ghasd kardan = to head for dictionary |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| ahd | promise dictionary | |
| beshkast | broke (شکست) dictionary | |
| پیمان | peymân | vow, pledge dictionary |
| dustân | friends dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| می‌گویم | miguyam | I say, I talk dictionary |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| گفته | gofte | words, what is said dictionary |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| dastân | tale, story; also trickery (pun) (داستان) | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| sar | head; end; sar âmad = came to an end dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| shab-hâ-ye | nights of dictionary | |
| bogzarad | passes beyond dictionary | |
| ayyâm | days, times dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| do | two dictionary | |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| فروغ | forugh | light, radiance dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| u-st | is (that of) him / her (= u ast) dictionary | |
| گفتمت | goftamat | I told you dictionary |
| پیدا | peydâ | visible; peydâ shod = appeared dictionary |
| پنهان | penhân | hidden dictionary |
| e'temâdi | any trust dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| گردون | gardun | the turning sky; fortune dictionary |
| گردان | gardân | turning; kâse-gardân = one who passes the cup around dictionary |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| ghâzi | judge (religious court) dictionary | |
| نترسد | natarsad | does not fear dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| biyâr | bring! dictionary | |
| divân | royal court, chancery dictionary | |
| dânad | knows dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 363. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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