Ghazal 413 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
خط عذار یار که بگرفت ماه از اوخوش حلقه‌ای‌ست لیک به دَر نیست راه از او
khatt-e ezâr-e yâr ke begreft mâh az u / khosh halghe-i-st, lik be dar nist râh az u
The down on the beloved's cheek, which has eclipsed the moon, is a lovely ring, but there is no way out of it.
COUPLET 2
ابروی دوست گوشهٔ محراب دولت استآن جا بمال چهره و حاجت بخواه از او
abru-ye dust gushe-ye mehrâb-e dowlat ast / ânjâ bemâl chehre o hâjat bekhâh az u
The Friend's eyebrow is the corner of the prayer niche of good fortune: rub your face there and ask it for what you need.
COUPLET 3
ای جرعه‌نوش مجلس جم! سینه پاک دارکآیینه‌ای‌ست جام جهان‌بین که آه از او
ey jor'e-nush-e majles-e jam sine pâk dâr / k-âyine-i-st jâm-e jahân-bin ke âh az u
O you who sip at Jamshid's feast, keep your breast pure: the world-seeing cup is a mirror, and a sigh can cloud it.
COUPLET 4
کردار اهل صومعه‌ام کرد مِی‌پرستاین دود بین که نامهٔ من شد سیاه از او
kerdâr-e ahl-e sowme'e-am kard mey-parast / in dud bin ke nâme-ye man shod siyâh az u
The conduct of the people of the cloister turned me into a wine-worshipper; see this smoke, which has blackened my record.
COUPLET 5
سلطان غم هر آن چه تواند بگو بکنمن بُرده‌ام به باده‌فروشان پناه از او
soltân-e gham har ân che tavânad begu bekon / man borde-am be bâde-forushân panâh az u
Tell the Sultan of Sorrow to do whatever he can: I have taken refuge from him with the wine-sellers.
COUPLET 6
ساقی چراغ می به ره آفتاب دارگو بر فروز مشعلهٔ صبحگاه از او
sâghi cherâgh-e mey be rah-e âftâb dâr / gu bar foruz mash'ale-ye sobhgâh az u
Cupbearer, hold the lamp of wine up in the path of the sun, and tell it to light the torch of dawn from it.
COUPLET 7
آبی به روزنامهٔ اعمال ما فشانباشد توان سترد حروف گناه از او
âbi be ruznâme-ye a'mâl-e mâ feshân / bâshad tavân setord horuf-e gonâh az u
Sprinkle a little water on the ledger of our deeds; perhaps the letters of sin can be washed away from it.
COUPLET 8
حافظ که ساز مطرب عشاق ساز کردخالی مباد عرصهٔ این بزمگاه از او
Hâfez ke sâz-e motreb-e oshshâgh sâz kard / khâli mabâd arse-ye in bazmgâh az u
Hafez, who tuned the instrument of the lovers' minstrel: may the floor of this feasting hall never be empty of him.
COUPLET 9
آیا در این خیال که دارد گدای شهرروزی بود که یاد کند پادشاه از او؟
âyâ dar in khiyâl ke dârad gedâ-ye shahr / ruzi bovad ke yâd konad pâdeshâh az u
Will there be a day, as the city's beggar dreams, when the king remembers him?
What this fâl tells you
Bring your need to the right door, humbly and with a pure heart, and ask plainly for what you want. Tradition reads this fal as hope that past mistakes can be washed away and that someone in a high place may yet remember you. Keep your inner mirror clear and do not let sorrow rule you.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: az u ("from him/it"). qâfiye: -âh (mâh, râh, bekhâh, âh, siyâh, panâh, sobhgâh, gonâh, bazmgâh, pâdeshâh).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| begreft | eclipsed, took (the light) from dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| halghe-i-st | is a ring (= halghe-i ast) dictionary | |
| لیک | lik | but (ولی) |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| dar | door; be dar = out dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| گوشهٔ | gushe | corner dictionary |
| محراب | mehrâb-e | prayer niche of dictionary |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| jâ | place dictionary | |
| bemâl | rub! dictionary | |
| چهره | chehre | face dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| hâjat | need (نیاز) | |
| bekhâh | ask for, call for! dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| پاک | pâk | pure, clean dictionary |
| dâr | keep! hold! (imperative of dâshtan) dictionary | |
| کآیینه‌ای‌ست | k-âyine-i-st | for it is a mirror (= ke âyine-i ast) dictionary |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| کردار | kerdâr | deed, conduct dictionary |
| ahl | people (of) dictionary | |
| sowme'e-am | of the cloister; -am = me (kard-am mey-parast = made me a wine-worshipper) dictionary | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| dud | smoke dictionary | |
| bin | see! (= bebin) (ببین) dictionary | |
| نامهٔ | nâme | letter dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| siyâh | black dictionary | |
| soltân | sultan, king dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| tavânad | can, is able dictionary | |
| begu | tell! say! dictionary | |
| bekon | make! do! dictionary | |
| borde'am | I have taken; pey bordan = to find (the way) dictionary | |
| پناه | panâh | refuge; din-panâh = protector of the faith dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| چراغ | cherâgh | lamp dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| فروز | foruz | light! (bar foruz = kindle!) (برافروز) dictionary |
| âbi | a drop of water dictionary | |
| ruznâme-ye | daily record, ledger of dictionary | |
| a'mâl | deeds dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| فشان | feshân | pour, sprinkle! (= befeshân) (بریز) dictionary |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| tavân | one can dictionary | |
| horuf | letters dictionary | |
| گناه | gonâh | sin dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| oshshâgh | lovers dictionary | |
| khâli | empty, free dictionary | |
| مباد | mabâd | may it not be (نباشد) dictionary |
| arse-ye | field of, arena of dictionary | |
| âyâ | (question word) whether dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| gedâ-ye | beggar of dictionary | |
| shahr | city dictionary | |
| bovad | will be (باشد) dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| پادشاه | pâdeshâh | king dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 413. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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