Ghazal 407 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
مزرعِ سبزِ فلک دیدم و داسِ مه نویادم از کِشتهٔ خویش آمد و هنگامِ درو
mazra'-e sabz-e falak didam o dâs-e mah-e now / yâdam az keshte-ye khish âmad o hengâm-e derow
I saw the green field of the sky and the sickle of the new moon, and I remembered what I had sown, and the time of harvest.
COUPLET 2
گفتم ای بخت بخفتیدی و خورشید دمیدگفت با این همه از سابقه نومید مشو
goftam ey bakht bekhoftidi o khorshid damid / goft bâ in hame az sâbeghe nowmid mashow
I said, "O fortune, you have slept, and the sun has risen." It said, "Even so, do not despair of what was granted from the beginning."
COUPLET 3
گر رَوی پاک و مجرد چو مسیحا به فلکاز چراغِ تو به خورشید رسد صد پرتو
gar ravi pâk o mojarrad cho masihâ be falak / az cherâgh-e to be khorshid rasad sad partow
If you rise to heaven pure and free of ties like the Messiah, a hundred rays from your lamp will reach the sun.
COUPLET 4
تکیه بر اخترِ شب‌دزد مکن کاین عیارتاجِ کاووس ببرد و کمرِ کیخسرو
tekye bar akhtar-e shab-dozd makon k-in ayyâr / tâj-e kâvus bebord o kamar-e keykhosrow
Do not rely on the night-thief star: this trickster stole the crown of Kavus and the belt of Kay Khosrow.
COUPLET 5
گوشوارِ زر و لعل ار چه گران دارد گوشدورِ خوبی گذران است نصیحت بشنو
gushvâr-e zar o la'l arche gerân dârad gush / dowr-e khubi gozarân ast nasihat beshnow
Though earrings of gold and ruby weigh down your ear, the season of beauty passes: listen to advice.
COUPLET 6
چشمِ بد دور ز خالِ تو که در عرصهٔ حسنبیدقی راند که برد از مه و خورشید گرو
cheshm-e bad dur ze khâl-e to ke dar arse-ye hosn / beydaghi rând ke bord az mah o khorshid gerow
May the evil eye stay far from your mole, which moved a pawn on the board of beauty and won the game from the moon and the sun.
COUPLET 7
آسمان گو مفروش این عظمت کاندر عشقخرمنِ مه به جُوی خوشهٔ پروین به دو جو
âsemân gu mafrush in azemat k-andar eshgh / kharman-e mah be jowi khushe-ye parvin be do jow
Tell the sky not to boast of its grandeur: in love, the moon's whole harvest is worth one barley grain, and the cluster of the Pleiades two.
COUPLET 8
آتشِ زهد و ریا خرمنِ دین خواهد سوختحافظ این خرقهٔ پشمینه بینداز و برو
âtash-e zohd o riyâ kharman-e din khâhad sukht / Hâfez in kherghe-ye pashmine biyandâz o borow
The fire of showy piety and hypocrisy will burn the harvest of faith; Hafez, throw off this woolen cloak and go.
What this fâl tells you
Now is a time to look at what you have sown and to prepare for the harvest. Tradition reads this fal as a reminder that it is not too late: even if you feel you have overslept your chance, do not lose hope in the grace already given to you. Do not trust in luck alone; act with a pure heart and drop any pretense.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ow (now, derow, mashow, partow, keykhosrow, beshnow, gerow, jow, borow).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مزرع | mazra' | field, farm (مزرعه) |
| sabz | green dictionary | |
| فلک | falak | the sky, the heavens; fate dictionary |
| didam | I saw dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dâs | sickle dictionary | |
| مه | mah | moon (= mâh) (ماه) |
| نو | now | new dictionary |
| یادم | yâdam | my memory; be yâdam = to my mind dictionary |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| هنگام | hengâm | time (of) dictionary |
| گفتم | goftam | I said dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| bakht | fortune, luck dictionary | |
| bekhoftidi | you slept (خوابیدی) dictionary | |
| damid | sprang up, sprouted dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| sâbeghe | what was destined from the start; pre-eternal grace dictionary | |
| نومید | nomid | hopeless (ناامید) |
| مشو | masho | do not be, do not become (نشو) dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| ravi | you go dictionary | |
| پاک | pâk | pure, clean dictionary |
| مجرد | mojarrad | solitary, unmarried, free of worldly ties dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| مسیحا | masihâ | the Messiah, Jesus dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| چراغ | cherâgh | lamp dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| resad | reaches (برسد) dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| پرتو | parto | ray, light dictionary |
| tekye | leaning, reliance dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| akhtar | star; fortune dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| کاین | k-in | that these (= ke in) (که این) |
| tâj | crown dictionary | |
| bebord | took away; az yâd bordan = to forget (برد) dictionary | |
| کمر | kamar | waist; belt; kamar bastan = to get ready to set out dictionary |
| گوشوار | gushvâr | earring (گوشواره) |
| zar | gold dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| گران | gerân | heavy; sar gerân kardan = act haughty, turn away dictionary |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| گوش | gush | ear; gush kon = listen dictionary |
| dowr | turn; the passing round of the cup; the age dictionary | |
| khubi | goodness, beauty dictionary | |
| گذران | gozarân | passing, transient dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| نصیحت | nasihat | advice dictionary |
| beshno | listen! dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| arse-ye | field of, arena of dictionary | |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| rând | move, drive dictionary | |
| bord | took away dictionary | |
| گرو | gerow | wager, stake; gerow bordan = to win the wager dictionary |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| مفروش | maforush | do not sell! (here: do not show off) (نفروش) dictionary |
| کاندر | k-andar | for in (= ke andar) (که در) |
| kharman | harvest, threshing heap dictionary | |
| jowi | a single barley grain dictionary | |
| khushe-ye | cluster of; khushe-ye parvin = the Pleiades dictionary | |
| do | two dictionary | |
| riyâ | hypocrisy, showing off piety dictionary | |
| din | religion, faith dictionary | |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| sukht | burned dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| biyandâz | throw off! dictionary | |
| borow | go! dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 407. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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