Ghazal 366 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
ما بدین در نه پِیِ حشمت و جاه آمده‌ایماز بد حادثه این جا به پناه آمده‌ایم
mâ bedin dar na pey-e heshmat o jâh âmade-im / az bad-e hâdese injâ be panâh âmade-im
We have not come to this door in search of grandeur and rank; we have come here for shelter from the blows of misfortune.
COUPLET 2
رهروِ منزلِ عشقیم و زِ سرحدِّ عَدَمتا به اقلیمِ وجود این همه راه آمده‌ایم
rahrow-e manzel-e eshghim o ze sarhadd-e adam / tâ be eghlim-e vojud in hame râh âmade-im
We are travelers bound for love's dwelling; from the borders of nonexistence we have come all this way to the land of being.
COUPLET 3
سبزهٔ خطِّ تو دیدیم و زِ بُستانِ بهشتبه طلبکاریِ این مهرگیاه آمده‌ایم
sabze-ye khatt-e to didim o ze bostân-e behesht / be talabkâri-ye in mehr-giyâh âmade-im
We saw the green down on your cheek, and from the garden of paradise we have come looking for this love-plant.
COUPLET 4
با چُنین گنج که شد خازنِ او روحِ امینبه گدایی به درِ خانهٔ شاه آمده‌ایم
bâ chenin ganj ke shod khâzen-e u ruh-e amin / be gedâyi be dar-e khâne-ye shâh âmade-im
Though we hold a treasure whose keeper is the Trusted Spirit, Gabriel, we have come begging at the door of the king's house.
COUPLET 5
لنگرِ حِلمِ تو ای کشتیِ توفیق کجاست؟که در این بحرِ کَرَم غرقِ گناه آمده‌ایم
langar-e helm-e to ey keshti-ye towfigh kojâst? / ke dar in bahr-e karam ghargh-e gonâh âmade-im
O ship of grace, where is the anchor of your patience? For we have come into this sea of generosity drowning in sin.
COUPLET 6
آبرو می‌رود ای ابرِ خطاپوش ببارکه به دیوانِ عمل نامه‌سیاه آمده‌ایم
âbru miravad ey abr-e khatâ-push bebâr / ke be divân-e amal nâme-siyâh âmade-im
Our honor is slipping away; O cloud that covers faults, rain down, for we have come before the court of deeds with a blackened record.
COUPLET 7
حافظ این خرقهٔ پشمینه بینداز که مااز پِیِ قافله با آتشِ آه آمده‌ایم
Hâfez in kherghe-ye pashmine biyandâz ke mâ / az pey-e ghâfele bâ âtash-e âh âmade-im
Hafez, throw off this woolen cloak, for we have come following the caravan with sighs of fire.
What this fâl tells you
This fal is the voice of someone who comes not for status but for shelter, and who knocks humbly at a generous door. Tradition reads it as a sign that sincere requests made with humility are met with kindness. Admit your mistakes honestly; the rain of forgiveness falls on those who ask for it.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: âmade-im. qâfiye: -âh (jâh, panâh, râh, mehr-giyâh, shâh, gonâh, siyâh, âh).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| bedin | with this, in this (= be in) (با این) | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| پی | pey | after; pey-e kâri gereftan = to go off about some business dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| jâh | rank, high position dictionary | |
| âmade-im | we have come dictionary | |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| hâdese | accident, misfortune dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| jâ | place dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| پناه | panâh | refuge; din-panâh = protector of the faith dictionary |
| rahrow | traveler, wayfarer (on a spiritual path) dictionary | |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| adam | nothingness, non-being dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| eghlim-e | land, realm of dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| sabze | green grass, greenery dictionary | |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| didim | we saw dictionary | |
| bostân | garden (باغ) | |
| behesht | paradise dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| گنج | ganj | treasure dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| ruh | soul, spirit dictionary | |
| gedâyi | begging; be gedâyi = as beggars dictionary | |
| khâne | house dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| کشتی | keshti | ship, ark dictionary |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| ghargh | drowned, immersed dictionary | |
| گناه | gonâh | sin dictionary |
| می‌رود | miravad | is going dictionary |
| abr | cloud dictionary | |
| bebâr | shed! rain down! dictionary | |
| divân | royal court, chancery dictionary | |
| amal | action, practice dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| biyandâz | throw off! dictionary | |
| قافله | ghâfele | caravan dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 366. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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