Ghazal 424 of Hafez (5 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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What this fâl tells you
Someone is the light of your eyes, and this fal asks you to keep them close. Tradition reads it as a reminder to forgive those who judge what they have not seen. If you have been scolded, check gently whether you stepped a little beyond your place, and you will regain favor.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none (each line ends in -'i, "you are / you have"). qâfiye: -ide (dide, ramide, daride, reside, nadide, keshide).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| jodâ | apart, separate dictionary | |
| مشو | masho | do not be, do not become (نشو) dictionary |
| to-am | you ... my (you are my) dictionary | |
| نور | nur | light dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| قلب | ghalb | heart dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| ندارند | nadârand | they do not hold; dast dâshtan az = to let go of dictionary |
| âsheghân | lovers dictionary | |
| پیراهن | pirâhan | shirt dictionary |
| ishân | they dictionary | |
| daride'i | you have torn dictionary | |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| bakht | fortune, luck dictionary | |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| مبادت | mabâdat | may there not be ... for you dictionary |
| گزند | gazand | harm, injury dictionary |
| ânk | that (= ân ke); az ânk = because (آنکه) | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khubi | goodness, beauty dictionary | |
| reside'i | you have reached dictionary | |
| منعم | man'am | forbidding me (man' + -am) dictionary |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| vey | it, him, her (= u) (او) | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| dâramat | I hold you; dust dâramat = I love you dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| nadide'i | you have not seen dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| sarzanesh | scolding, reproach dictionary | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| پا | pâ | foot dictionary |
| keshide'i | you have stretched dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 424. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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