Ghazal 422 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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COUPLET 1
ای که با سلسلهٔ زلف دراز آمده‌ایفرصتت باد که دیوانه‌نواز آمده‌ای
ey ke bâ selsele-ye zolf-e derâz âmade'i / forsatat bâd ke divâne-navâz âmade'i
You who have come with the chain of your long curls, may your time be blessed: you have come to comfort the madmen.
COUPLET 2
ساعتی ناز مفرما و بگردان عادتچون به پرسیدن ارباب نیاز آمده‌ای
sâ'ati nâz mafarmâ o begardân âdat / chon be porsidan-e arbâb-e niyâz âmade'i
For a while put aside your airs and change your habit, since you have come to visit the needy.
COUPLET 3
پیش بالای تو میرم چه به صلح و چه به جنگچون به هر حال برازندهٔ ناز آمده‌ای
pish-e bâlâ-ye to miram che be solh o che be jang / chon be har hâl barâzande-ye nâz âmade'i
I will die before your tall figure, in peace or in war, since in every state you were made for coquetry.
COUPLET 4
آب و آتش به هم آمیخته‌ای از لب لعلچشم بد دور که بس شَعبده‌باز آمده‌ای
âb o âtash be ham âmikhte'i az lab-e la'l / cheshm-e bad dur ke bas sho'bade-bâz âmade'i
You have mixed water and fire together in your ruby lips; may the evil eye stay far, what a conjurer you are!
COUPLET 5
آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثوابکشتهٔ غمزهٔ خود را به نماز آمده‌ای
âfarin bar del-e narm-e to ke az bahr-e savâb / koshte-ye ghamze-ye khod râ be namâz âmade'i
Bless your gentle heart: for the sake of religious merit you have come to pray over the one your own glance has slain.
COUPLET 6
زهد من با تو چه سنجد که به یغمای دلممست و آشفته به خلوتگه راز آمده‌ای
zohd-e man bâ to che sanjad ke be yaghmâ-ye delam / mast o âshofte be khalvatgah-e râz âmade'i
What weight has my piety against you, when you have come drunk and disheveled into the chamber of secrets to plunder my heart?
COUPLET 7
گفت حافظ دگرت خرقه شراب آلوده‌ستمگر از مذهب این طایفه باز آمده‌ای
goft Hâfez degarat kherghe sharâb âlude-st / magar az mazhab-e in tâyefe bâz âmade'i
The beloved said: "Hafez, your cloak is stained with wine again; have you perhaps turned away from the creed of this company?"
What this fâl tells you
Someone dear is coming toward you, and this fal asks you to receive them with an open heart. Tradition reads it as a sign of a visit or a reconciliation after coldness. Let go of pride for a while; kindness now will be remembered.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: âmade'i ("you have come"). qâfiye: -âz (derâz, navâz, niyâz, nâz, bâz, namâz, râz, bâz).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| selsele | chain dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| derâz | long dictionary | |
| âmade'i | you have come dictionary | |
| فرصتت | forsatat | your opportunity; forsatat bâd = may it be a blessed time for you dictionary |
| bâd | may it be (باشد) dictionary | |
| sâ'ati | for a while, for an hour dictionary | |
| ناز | nâz | coquetry, airs dictionary |
| مفرما | mafarmâ | do not (do so)! (polite negative imperative) (نکن) dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| begardân | turn! change (the mode) dictionary | |
| âdat | habit dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| پرسیدن | porsidan | asking after (a sick person) dictionary |
| arbâb | people (of); arbâb-e niyâz = the needy dictionary | |
| نیاز | niyâz | need, humble pleading dictionary |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| bâlâ-ye | height, stature of dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| میرم | miram | I die, I will die dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| solh | peace dictionary | |
| jang | fight, quarrel dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| hâl | state, condition dictionary | |
| barâzande-ye | fit for, suited to dictionary | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| هم | ham | each other; be ham = together dictionary |
| âmikhte'i | you have mixed dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| dur | far; cheshm-e bad dur = may the evil eye stay far dictionary | |
| bas | much, many dictionary | |
| sho'bade-bâz | juggler, trickster dictionary | |
| âfarin | bravo, praise dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| نرم | narm | soft, gentle dictionary |
| bahr | sake; ze bahr-e = for the sake of (برای) | |
| کشتهٔ | koshte | slain dictionary |
| khod | your own dictionary | |
| نماز | namâz | ritual prayer dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| sanjad | weighs, counts for dictionary | |
| yaghmâ-ye | plunder of dictionary | |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| âshofte | disordered, tangled, distraught dictionary | |
| khalvatgah | private chamber (خلوتگاه) | |
| râz | secret dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said 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 | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| âlude-st | is stained (= âlude ast) dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| مذهب | mazhab | creed, religion dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| tâyefe | tribe, group dictionary | |
| bâz | back; bâz âmadan az = to turn away from dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 422. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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