Ghazal 386 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 asks you to choose warm, sincere company over people who are stiff, showy and heavy-spirited. Tradition reads it as advice to stay close to those whose hearts are honest even if they have little, and not to hide from them. A warm heart can boil over, so let your passion be gentle and keep sweet things sweet.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ushân (pushân, mapushân, forushân, nushân, dalgh-pushân, manushân, khorushân, jushân). Beyt 3 puns on dard "pain" and dord "dregs", and on sâfi "pure" and "clear (wine)".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| کم | kam | little; kam neshin = do not sit so much dictionary |
| نشین | neshin | sit! (بنشین) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| مپوشان | mapushân | do not cover, do not hide! (نپوشان) dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| هست | hast | there is dictionary |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| فروشان | forushân | sellers; meyforushân = wine-sellers dictionary |
| dardi | any pain (of love); also dordi "dregs" (pun) dictionary | |
| ندیدم | nadidam | I did not see, did not find dictionary |
| sâfi | clear, pure (of wine); also Sufi-like purity (pun) dictionary | |
| bâd | may it be dictionary | |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| tâghat | endurance dictionary | |
| nayâri | you cannot bring; tâghat nayâri = you cannot bear dictionary | |
| moshti | a handful dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| مستم | mastam | me drunk; mastam kon = make me drunk dictionary |
| karde'i | you have made; ragham kardan = to write dictionary | |
| مستور | mastur | veiled, chaste; the outwardly pious dictionary |
| منشین | manshin | do not sit! (ننشین) dictionary |
| نوشم | nusham | honey, sweet drink (nush) + -am "to me" dictionary |
| dâde'i | you have given, sent dictionary | |
| zahram | poison ... me dictionary | |
| منوشان | manushân | do not make (me) drink! (ننوشان) |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| bin | see! (= bebin) (ببین) dictionary | |
| khorushân | crying out, roaring dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| bâsh | be! dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| sine'i | a breast, a chest dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| dig | cooking pot dictionary | |
| jushân | boiling dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 386. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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