Ghazal 389 of Hafez (9 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
چو گل هر دم به بویت جامه در تنکنم چاک از گریبان تا به دامن
cho gol har dam be buyat jâme dar tan / konam châk az garibân tâ be dâman
Like the rose, at every breath of your scent, I tear the garment on my body from collar to hem.
COUPLET 2
تنت را دید گل گویی که در باغچو مستان جامه را بدرید بر تن
tanat râ did gol guyi ke dar bâgh / cho mastân jâme râ bedarid bar tan
It seems the rose saw your body in the garden, and like the drunk, tore the garment on its own body.
COUPLET 3
من از دست غمت مشکل برم جانولی دل را تو آسان بردی از من
man az dast-e ghamat moshkel baram jân / vali del râ to âsân bordi az man
I can hardly escape with my life from the hand of your sorrow, yet you took my heart from me with ease.
COUPLET 4
به قول دشمنان برگشتی از دوستنگردد هیچ کس با دوست دشمن
be ghowl-e doshmanân bargashti az dust / nagardad hich kas bâ dust doshman
On the word of enemies you turned away from your friend; but no one turns enemy to a friend.
COUPLET 5
تنت در جامه چون در جام بادهدلت در سینه چون در سیم آهن
tanat dar jâme chon dar jâm bâde / delat dar sine chon dar sim âhan
Your body in its robe is like wine in a glass; your heart in your breast is like iron set in silver.
COUPLET 6
ببار ای شمع اشک از چشم خونینکه شد سوز دلت بر خلق روشن
bebâr ey sham' ashk az cheshm-e khunin / ke shod suz-e delat bar khalgh rowshan
Shed tears, O candle, from your bloodshot eye, for the burning of your heart has become plain to everyone.
COUPLET 7
مکن کز سینه‌ام آه جگرسوزبرآید همچو دود از راه روزن
makon k-az sine-am âh-e jegar-suz / bar âyad hamcho dud az râh-e rowzan
Do not act so, or a scorching sigh will rise from my breast like smoke through the roof-window.
COUPLET 8
دلم را مشکن و در پا میندازکه دارد در سر زلف تو مسکن
delam râ mashkan o dar pâ mayandâz / ke dârad dar sar-e zolf-e to maskan
Do not break my heart and throw it underfoot, for it has made its home at the tip of your curl.
COUPLET 9
چو دل در زلف تو بسته‌ست حافظبدین سان کار او در پا میفکن
cho del dar zolf-e to baste-st Hâfez / bedin sân kâr-e u dar pâ mayafkan
Since Hafez has bound his heart to your curl, do not throw his affairs underfoot like this.
What this fâl tells you
Someone dear may seem to have turned away because of other people's words. Tradition reads this fal as reassurance that a true friend does not become an enemy, and that a sincere heart, however hurt, still has its home with the one it loves. Speak gently, ask not to be cast aside, and give the bond a chance to mend.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -an (tan, dâman, man, doshman, âhan, rowshan, rowzan, maskan, mayafkan).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| buyat | your scent dictionary | |
| jâme-ye | garment of (لباس) dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| tan | body dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| چاک | châk | tear, slit dictionary |
| گریبان | garibân | collar; châk-e garibân = torn collar (sign of grief; an opening rosebud) dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| tanat | your body dictionary | |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| gu'i | you say dictionary | |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| مستان | mastân | the drunk ones dictionary |
| bedarid | tore dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| ghamat | your grief dictionary | |
| مشکل | moshkel | hard, difficult dictionary |
| baram | I take, I carry dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| vali | but dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| bordi | you took dictionary | |
| قول | ghowl | word, saying dictionary |
| doshmanân | enemies dictionary | |
| bargashti | you turned away dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| نگردد | nagardad | does not become dictionary |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| doshman | enemy dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| delat | your heart dictionary | |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| sim | silver dictionary | |
| âhan | iron dictionary | |
| bebâr | shed! rain down! dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| ashk | tear dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| khunin | bloody; khunin-del = heartsick, grieving dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| suz | burning dictionary | |
| khalgh | people, everyone (مردم) dictionary | |
| rowshan | lit, bright dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| sine-am | my chest, my breast dictionary | |
| bar âyad | rises; comes true; comes out (برمی‌آید) | |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| dud | smoke dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| مشکن | mashkan | do not break! (نشکن) dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| پا | pâ | foot dictionary |
| مینداز | mayandâz | do not throw! (نینداز) dictionary |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| مسکن | maskan | dwelling, home dictionary |
| baste-st | has bound (= baste ast) (بسته است) dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bedin | with this, in this (= be in) (با این) | |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| میفکن | mayafkan | do not cast! (نیفکن) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 389. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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