Ghazal 383 of Hafez (6 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 is a quiet prayer for reunion: it asks that those far from home may see the faces they love again. Tradition reads it as a sign that a long separation or a wait for help will end, and that your share at the generous table is coming. Listen to good advice and protect what is precious to you from careless hands.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ibân (tabibân, gharibân, andalibân, habibân, raghibân, nasibân, adibân).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| چندان | chandân | so long, only so much dictionary |
| گفتم | goftam | I said dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| tabibân | doctors (پزشکان) dictionary | |
| darmân | cure, remedy dictionary | |
| نکردند | nakardand | they did not do; darmân nakardand = they did not cure dictionary |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| gharibân | strangers, the homeless; shâm-e gharibân = the evening of strangers dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| bâdi-st | is (in the hand of) a wind (= bâdi ast) dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| sharm | shame dictionary | |
| bâdash | may (shame) be on him dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| amân | mercy, safety dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| bâz binad | may see again dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| محبان | mohebbân | lovers, friends (دوستداران) |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| darj | folded inside, contained dictionary | |
| محبت | mohabbat | love, affection dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| مهر | mohr | seal dictionary |
| khod | its own dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| مبادا | mabâdâ | may it never be! dictionary |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| raghibân | rivals in love dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| منعم | mon'em | rich man, benefactor (ثروتمند) |
| khân | tray of food, feast laid out (سفره) | |
| چند | chand | how many; tâ chand = how long? dictionary |
| bâshim | we be, we remain dictionary | |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| نصیبان | nasibân | (those with a) share; bi-nasibân = those who get nothing dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| nagashti | you would not have become dictionary | |
| sheydâ-ye | lovesick, madly in love dictionary | |
| giti | world; do giti = this world and the next dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| mishenidi | you had listened, you would listen dictionary | |
| پند | pand | advice dictionary |
| adibân | men of learning, teachers of manners dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 383. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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