Ghazal 380 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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What this fâl tells you
This fal tells you that you are being guided by a hand larger than your own, so you do not need to explain every step to critics. Tradition reads it as a sign that you carry a real gift, a jewel, and that the right person who can see its worth will be found. Let your words come from the heart, as the parrot speaks what its master teaches.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -uyam (miguyam, mipuyam, miruyam, mijuyam, mishuyam, mimuyam, mibuyam). Beyt 2 alludes to the old way of teaching a parrot to talk: a mirror was set before it and someone spoke from behind.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| bâr-hâ | many times dictionary | |
| گفتهام | gofte'am | I have said dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| bâr | time; bâr-e degar = once more dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| میگویم | miguyam | I say, I talk dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khod | self; be khod = of one's own accord dictionary | |
| میپویم | mipuyam | I walk, I travel (a road) dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| پس | pas | behind; pas-e parde = behind the curtain dictionary |
| âyene | mirror (آیینه) | |
| dâshte-and | they have kept dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| ostâd | master, teacher dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| begu | tell! say! dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| khâram | thorn + -am "I am (a thorn)" dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| dast | hand; az ân dast = in that way dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| میکشدم | mikeshadam | pulls me, trains me dictionary |
| میرویم | miruyam | I grow dictionary |
| dustân | friends dictionary | |
| eyb | fault, flaw dictionary | |
| مکنید | makonid | do not do! (plural) (نکنید) dictionary |
| gowhari | a pearl, a jewel dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| sâheb | owner, master; one who has dictionary | |
| nazari | a look; an eye dictionary | |
| میجویم | mijuyam | I seek, I look for dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| گلگون | golgun | rose-colored, rose-red dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| مکنم | makonam | do not do ... to me; makonam eyb = do not blame me (نکن مرا) dictionary |
| کزو | k-az u | that from it, about which (= ke az u) (که از آن) |
| rang | color dictionary | |
| riyâ | hypocrisy, showing off piety dictionary | |
| میشویم | mishuyam | I wash dictionary |
| khande | laughter dictionary | |
| گریه | gerye | weeping dictionary |
| oshshâgh | lovers dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| jâyi | somewhere dictionary | |
| میسرایم | misorâyam | I sing dictionary |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| sahar | dawn dictionary | |
| Hâfezam | (said) to me, Hafez dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| mabuy | do not smell! (نبوی) dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| میبویم | mibuyam | I smell, I breathe in dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 380. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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