Ghazal 374 of Hafez (8 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
بیا تا گل برافشانیم و می در ساغر اندازیمفلک را سقف بشکافیم و طرحی نو دراندازیم
biyâ tâ gol barafshânim o mey dar sâghar andâzim / falak râ saghf beshkâfim o tarhi now darandâzim
Come, let us scatter roses and pour wine into the cup; let us split the roof of the sky open and lay out a new design.
COUPLET 2
اگر غم لشکر انگیزد که خون عاشقان ریزدمن و ساقی به هم تازیم و بنیادش براندازیم
agar gham lashkar angizad ke khun-e âsheghân rizad / man o sâghi be ham tâzim o bonyâdash barandâzim
If sorrow raises an army to spill the blood of lovers, the cupbearer and I will charge together and tear it down to its foundations.
COUPLET 3
شرابِ ارغوانی را گلاب اندر قَدَح ریزیمنسیمِ عِطرگردان را، شِکَر در مِجمَر اندازیم
sharâb-e arghavâni râ golâb andar ghadah rizim / nasim-e etr-gardân râ shekar dar mejmar andâzim
Let us pour rose water into the cup of purple wine, and throw sugar on the incense burner to sweeten the fragrant breeze.
COUPLET 4
چو در دست است رودی خوش، بزن مطرب سرودی خوشکه دست‌افشان غزل خوانیم و پاکوبان سر اندازیم
cho dar dast ast rudi khosh, bezan motreb sorudi khosh / ke dast-afshân ghazal khânim o pâkubân sar andâzim
Since you have a sweet lute in hand, musician, play a sweet song, so that we can sing ghazals waving our hands and toss our heads, stamping our feet.
COUPLET 5
صبا! خاک وجود ما، بدان عالی‌جناب اندازبُوَد کآن شاهِ خوبان را نظر بر مَنظَر اندازیم
sabâ khâk-e vojud-e mâ bedân âli-jenâb andâz / bovad k-ân shâh-e khubân râ nazar bar manzar andâzim
Morning breeze, carry the dust of our being to that noble threshold: perhaps we may cast a glance at the face of that king of beauties.
COUPLET 6
یکی از عقل می‌لافد، یکی طامات می‌بافدبیا کاین داوری‌ها را به پیشِ داور اندازیم
yeki az aghl milâfad, yeki tâmât mibâfad / biyâ k-in dâvari-hâ râ be pish-e dâvar andâzim
One boasts of his reason, another weaves empty pious talk. Come, let us bring all these disputes before the true Judge.
COUPLET 7
بهشت عَدْن اگر خواهی، بیا با ما به میخانهکه از پای خُمَت روزی، به حوضِ کوثر اندازیم
behesht-e adn agar khâhi, biyâ bâ mâ be meykhâne / ke az pâ-ye khomat ruzi be howz-e kowsar andâzim
If you want the Garden of Eden, come with us to the tavern, so that one day we can carry you from the foot of the wine jar straight into the pool of Kawthar in paradise.
COUPLET 8
سخن‌دانی و خوش‌خوانی نمی‌ورزند در شیرازبیا حافظ که تا خود را، به مُلکی دیگر اندازیم
sokhandâni o khoshkhâni nemivarzand dar shirâz / biyâ Hâfez ke tâ khod râ be molki digar andâzim
In Shiraz nobody cares for a gift with words or fine singing. Come, Hafez, let us take ourselves off to another land.
What this fâl tells you
A fal of fresh starts: "let us split the roof of the sky open and lay out a new design." Tradition reads it as encouragement to drive sorrow away with joy and friendship, and to be brave enough to change your plans, or even your place, if your gifts are not valued where you are.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: andâzim ("let us throw"). qâfiye: -ar (sâghar, dar, bar, mejmar, sar, manzar, dâvar, kowsar, digar).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| barafshânim | let us scatter dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| andâzim | let us throw, cast (بیندازیم) dictionary | |
| فلک | falak | the sky, the heavens; fate dictionary |
| saghf | roof, ceiling dictionary | |
| beshkâfim | let us split open dictionary | |
| tarhi | a design, a plan dictionary | |
| نو | now | new dictionary |
| darandâzim | let us lay out, establish dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| لشکر | lashkar | army dictionary |
| angizad | raises, stirs up dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| âsheghân | lovers dictionary | |
| rizad | spills, pours dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| bonyâdash | its foundation dictionary | |
| barandâzim | let us overthrow dictionary | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| گلاب | golâb | rose water dictionary |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| rizim | let us pour dictionary | |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| shekar | sugar dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| rudi | a lute (rud, a string instrument) dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| bezan | play! strike! dictionary | |
| sorudi | a song dictionary | |
| ghazal | ghazal, lyric poem dictionary | |
| khânim | let us sing dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| bedân | to that (= be ân) (به آن) | |
| andâz | throw! cast! (بینداز) dictionary | |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| کآن | k-ân | for that (= ke ân) (که آن) |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| منظر | manzar | face; view dictionary |
| yeki | one (person) dictionary | |
| aghl | reason, intellect dictionary | |
| می‌بافد | mibâfad | weaves dictionary |
| کاین | k-in | that these (= ke in) (که این) |
| dâvari-hâ | disputes, quarrels dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| dâvar | judge (here God) dictionary | |
| behesht | paradise; here also "left" (behesht = past of heshtan) dictionary | |
| khâhi | you want dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| pâ-ye | foot of dictionary | |
| howz | pool dictionary | |
| نمی‌ورزند | nemivarzand | (they) do not practise, do not value dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 374. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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