Ghazal 394 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
ای روی ماه‌منظر تو نوبهار حُسنخال و خط تو مرکز حُسن و مدار حُسن
ey ru-ye mâh-manzar-e to nowbahâr-e hosn / khâl o khatt-e to markaz-e hosn o madâr-e hosn
O you whose moon-bright face is the early spring of beauty, your mole and the down on your cheek are the center and the orbit of beauty.
COUPLET 2
در چشم پرخمار تو پنهان فسون سِحردر زلف بی‌قرار تو پیدا قرار حُسن
dar cheshm-e por-khomâr-e to penhân fosun-e sehr / dar zolf-e bigharâr-e to peydâ gharâr-e hosn
In your languid, wine-heavy eye the spell of magic lies hidden; in your restless curl the true home of beauty is plain to see.
COUPLET 3
ماهی نتافت همچو تو از برج نیکوییسروی نخاست چون قَدَت از جویبار حُسن
mâhi natâft hamcho to az borj-e nikuyi / sarvi nakhâst chon ghadat az juybâr-e hosn
No moon like you has shone from the tower of goodness; no cypress like your stature has risen from the stream of beauty.
COUPLET 4
خرّم شد از ملاحت تو عهد دلبریفرّخ شد از لطافت تو روزگار حُسن
khorram shod az malâhat-e to ahd-e delbari / farrokh shod az latâfat-e to ruzgâr-e hosn
Through your charm the age of heart-stealing has become glad; through your grace the days of beauty have become fortunate.
COUPLET 5
از دام زلف و دانهٔ خال تو در جهانیک مرغِ دل نماند نگشته شکار حُسن
az dâm-e zolf o dâne-ye khâl-e to dar jahân / yek morgh-e del namând nagashte shekâr-e hosn
With the snare of your curl and the bait of your mole, not one heart-bird in the world is left that has not become beauty's prey.
COUPLET 6
دائم به لطف دایهٔ طبع از میانِ جانمی‌پرورَد به ناز، تو را در کنار حُسن
dâyem be lotf dâye-ye tab' az miyân-e jân / miparvarad be nâz to râ dar kenâr-e hosn
Always, with kindness, from the depths of her soul, Nature the nurse tenderly raises you in the lap of beauty.
COUPLET 7
گِرد لبَت بنفشه از آن تازه و تر استکآب حیات می‌خورَد از جویبار حُسن
gerd-e labat banafshe az ân tâze o tar ast / k-âb-e hayât mikhorad az juybâr-e hosn
The violet around your lips is fresh and moist because it drinks the water of life from the stream of beauty.
COUPLET 8
حافظ طمع برید که بیند نظیر تودیّار نیست جز رُخَت اندر دیار حُسن
Hâfez tama' borid ke binad nazir-e to / dayyâr nist joz rokhat andar diyâr-e hosn
Hafez has given up hope of seeing your equal: in the land of beauty there is no one at all but your face.
What this fâl tells you
You or someone close to you has a rare grace that others notice and are drawn to. Tradition reads this fal as a time of blossoming, like early spring, when charm and kindness bring good fortune. Do not compare yourself to others; what you have is your own.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: hosn ("beauty"). qâfiye: -âr (nowbahâr, madâr, gharâr, juybâr, ruzgâr, shekâr, kenâr, diyâr). The last half-line puns on dayyâr "anyone" and diyâr "land".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| khatt | the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| مرکز | markaz | center dictionary |
| مدار | madâr | orbit, pivot dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| پنهان | penhân | hidden dictionary |
| فسون | fosun | spell, charm (افسون) |
| sehr | magic dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| bigharâr-e | restless dictionary | |
| پیدا | peydâ | visible; peydâ shod = appeared dictionary |
| قرار | gharâr | calm, rest, peace of mind dictionary |
| mâhi | a moon dictionary | |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| borj | tower; sign of the zodiac dictionary | |
| sarvi | a cypress (a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| قدت | ghadat | your stature dictionary |
| khorram | cheerful dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| فرخ | farrokh | Farrokh: "auspicious, fortunate", here the beloved's name dictionary |
| لطافت | letâfat | delicacy, grace dictionary |
| ruzegâr | time, days dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| dâne | seed, grain; bead dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| مرغ | morgh | bird dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| نماند | namând | did not remain, ran out dictionary |
| نگشته | nagashte | not having become dictionary |
| shekâr | prey, catch dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| tab'-e | nature, temperament dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | middle, midst; az miyân-e jân = from the depths of the soul dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| می‌پرورد | miparvarad | nurtures, raises dictionary |
| ناز | nâz | coquetry, airs dictionary |
| کنار | kenâr | lap, embrace; dar kenâr = in the arms of dictionary |
| لبت | labat | your lips dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| tâze | fresh, new dictionary | |
| tar | wet, fresh dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| کآب | k-âb | for the water of (= ke âb) (که آب) |
| hayât | life; âb-e hayât = the water of life dictionary | |
| می‌خورد | mikhorad | drinks dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| tama' | expectation; greed dictionary | |
| borid | cut; tama' borid = gave up hope dictionary | |
| binad | sees dictionary | |
| نظیر | nazir | equal, match dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| rokhat | your face dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 394. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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