Ghazal 431 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
لبش می‌بوسم و در می‌کشم میبه آب زندگانی برده‌ام پی
labash mibusam o dar mikesham mey / be âb-e zendegâni borde'am pey
I kiss the beloved's lips and drink down wine: I have found my way to the water of life.
COUPLET 2
نه رازش می‌توانم گفت با کسنه کس را می‌توانم دید با وی
na râzash mitavânam goft bâ kas / na kas râ mitavânam did bâ vey
I can neither tell this secret to anyone, nor bear to see anyone with the beloved.
COUPLET 3
لبش می‌بوسد و خون می‌خورد جامرخش می‌بیند و گل می‌کند خوی
labash mibusad o khun mikhorad jâm / rokhash mibinad o gol mikonad khey
The cup kisses those lips and drinks blood; the rose sees that face and breaks into a sweat.
COUPLET 4
بده جام می و از جم مکن یادکه می‌داند که جم کی بود و کی کی؟
bedeh jâm-e mey o az jam makon yâd / ke midânad ke jam key bud o key key
Pour a cup of wine and don't speak of Jamshid: who knows when Jam lived, or when Kay?
COUPLET 5
بزن در پرده چنگ ای ماه مطرب!رگش بخراش تا بخروشم از وی
bezan dar parde chang ey mâh-e motreb / ragash bekharâsh tâ bekharusham az vey
Play the harp in tune, O moon-faced musician; scratch its strings so that I may cry out at its sound.
COUPLET 6
گل از خلوت به باغ آورد مسندبساط زهد همچون غنچه کن طی
gol az khalvat be bâgh âvard masnad / basât-e zohd hamchon ghonche kon tey
The rose has moved its seat from seclusion to the garden; fold up the carpet of piety like a bud.
COUPLET 7
چو چشمش مست را مخمور مگذاربه یاد لعلش ای ساقی بده می
cho cheshmash mast râ makhmur magozâr / be yâd-e la'lash ey sâghi bedeh mey
Do not leave the drunk one hungover like the beloved's eyes; in memory of those ruby lips, cupbearer, pour wine.
COUPLET 8
نجوید جان از آن قالب جداییکه باشد خونِ جامش در رگ و پی
najuyad jân az ân ghâleb jodâyi / ke bâshad khun-e jâmash dar rag o pey
The soul never seeks to part from a body that has the blood of the cup in its veins and sinews.
COUPLET 9
زبانت درکِش ای حافظ زمانیحدیث بی‌زبانان بشنو از نی
zabânat darkesh ey Hâfez zamâni / hadis-e bi-zabânân beshno az ney
Hold your tongue for a while, Hafez, and listen to the tale of the voiceless from the reed.
What this fâl tells you
You have found a source of life and joy; this fal asks you to keep it as a quiet secret. Tradition reads it as advice to stop worrying about the great names of the past and enjoy the present season. For a while, talk less and listen more: the reed has something to tell you.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ey (mey, pey, vey, khey, key, vey, tey, mey, pey, ney).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| لبش | labash | her lip dictionary |
| می‌بوسم | mibusam | I kiss dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| می‌کشم | mikesham | I drink (sorâhi keshidan = drink from the flask) dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| borde'am | I have taken; pey bordan = to find (the way) dictionary | |
| pey | trace (pey bordan = to find); sinew (rag o pey = veins and sinews) dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| râzash | this secret dictionary | |
| می‌توانم | mitavânam | I can dictionary |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| vey | it, him, her (= u) (او) | |
| می‌بوسد | mibusad | kisses dictionary |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| می‌خورد | mikhorad | drinks dictionary |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| rokhash | his/her face dictionary | |
| می‌بیند | mibinad | sees dictionary |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| می‌کند | mikonad | does, is doing dictionary |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| می‌داند | midânad | knows dictionary |
| bud | was, lived dictionary | |
| bezan | play! strike! dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | musical mode; dar parde = in tune dictionary |
| چنگ | chang | harp dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| ragash | its string (lit. vein) dictionary | |
| bekharâsh | scratch! dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| bekharusham | I may cry out dictionary | |
| khalvat | private room, solitude dictionary | |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| âvard | brought dictionary | |
| مسند | masnad | seat of power, throne dictionary |
| basât | carpet, court dictionary | |
| همچون | hamchon | like (مثل) |
| ghonche | bud, rosebud dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| tey | folding, rolling up; tey shodan = to be finished dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| چشمش | cheshmash | his/her eye dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| مگذار | magozâr | do not leave dictionary |
| لعلش | la'lash | his/her ruby (lips) dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| نجوید | najuyad | does not seek dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| قالب | ghâleb | mold; the body dictionary |
| jodâyi | separation dictionary | |
| bâshad | is, has (in it) dictionary | |
| jâmash | its cup dictionary | |
| rag | vein dictionary | |
| zabânat | your tongue dictionary | |
| darkesh | draw in, hold (the tongue) dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| zamâni | a moment dictionary | |
| beshno | listen! dictionary | |
| ney | reed flute dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 431. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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