Ghazal 433 of Hafez (13 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 بر ماه از خط مشکین نقاب انداختیلطف کردی سایه‌ای بر آفتاب انداختی
ey ke bar mâh az khatt-e meshkin neghâb andâkhti / lotf kardi sâye'i bar âftâb andâkhti
You who have cast a veil of musk-dark down over the moon of your face: how kind of you, to throw a shadow over the sun.
COUPLET 2
تا چه خواهد کرد با ما آب و رنگ عارضتحالیا نیرنگ نقشی خوش بر آب انداختی
tâ che khâhad kard bâ mâ âb o rang-e ârezat / hâliyâ neyrang-e naghshi khosh bar âb andâkhti
Who knows what the freshness and color of your cheek will do to us? For now you have painted a lovely trick of a picture on water.
COUPLET 3
گویِ خوبی بردی از خوبانِ خَلَّخ شاد باشجام کیخسرو طلب، کافراسیاب انداختی
gu-ye khubi bordi az khubân-e khallokh, shâd bâsh / jâm-e keykhosrow talab k-afrâsiyâb andâkhti
You have won the ball of beauty from the beauties of Khallokh; rejoice! Ask for Kay Khosrow's cup, for you have overthrown Afrasiyab.
COUPLET 4
هرکسی با شمع رخسارت به وجهی عشق باختزان میان پروانه را در اضطراب انداختی
har kasi bâ sham'-e rokhsârat be vajhi eshgh bâkht / z-ân miyân parvâne râ dar ezterâb andâkhti
Everyone played at love with the candle of your face in some way; among them all, it was the moth you threw into turmoil.
COUPLET 5
گنج عشق خود نهادی در دل ویران ماسایهٔ دولت بر این کنج خراب انداختی
ganj-e eshgh-e khod nahâdi dar del-e virân-e mâ / sâye-ye dowlat bar in konj-e kharâb andâkhti
You placed the treasure of your love in our ruined heart; you cast the shadow of fortune over this ruined corner.
COUPLET 6
زینهار از آب آن عارض که شیران را از آنتشنه‌لب کردی و گردان را در آب انداختی
zinhâr az âb-e ân âraz ke shirân râ az ân / teshne-lab kardi o gordân râ dar âb andâkhti
Beware the luster of that cheek, with which you have left lions thirsty and thrown champions into the water.
COUPLET 7
خواب بیداران ببستی وآن گه از نقش خیالتهمتی بر شب‌روان خیل خواب انداختی
khâb-e bidârân bebasti v-ângah az naghsh-e khiyâl / tohmati bar shabrovân-e kheyl-e khâb andâkhti
You bound up the sleep of the wakeful, and then, through the images of fancy, you laid the blame on the night-roamers of the troop of sleep.
COUPLET 8
پرده از رخ برفکندی یک نظر در جلوه‌گاهوز حیا حور و پری را در حجاب انداختی
parde az rokh barfekandi yek nazar dar jelvegâh / v-az hayâ hur o pari râ dar hejâb andâkhti
For one glance you lifted the veil from your face in the place of display, and out of shame houris and fairies hid behind their veils.
COUPLET 9
باده نوش از جام عالم بین که بر اورنگ جمشاهد مقصود را از رخ نقاب انداختی
bâde nush az jâm-e âlam-bin ke bar owrang-e jam / shâhed-e maghsud râ az rokh neghâb andâkhti
Drink wine from the world-seeing cup, for on Jamshid's throne you have lifted the veil from the face of your heart's desire.
COUPLET 10
از فریب نرگس مخمور و لعل مِی‌پرستحافظ خلوت‌نشین را در شراب انداختی
az farib-e narges-e makhmur o la'l-e mey-parast / Hâfez-e khalvat-neshin râ dar sharâb andâkhti
With the wiles of your languid narcissus eye and your wine-loving ruby lips, you have plunged the recluse Hafez into wine.
COUPLET 11
وز برای صید دل در گردنم زنجیر زلفچون کمند خسرو مالک رقاب انداختی
v-az barâ-ye seyd-e del dar gardanam zanjir-e zolf / chon kamand-e khosrow-e mâlek-reghâb andâkhti
And to hunt my heart you threw the chain of your curls around my neck, like the lasso of the king who is master of men's necks.
COUPLET 12
داور داراشکوه ای آن که تاج آفتاباز سر تعظیم بر خاک جناب انداختی
dâvar-e dârâ-shokuh, ey ân ke tâj-e âftâb / az sar-e ta'zim bar khâk-e jenâb andâkhti
O sovereign with the majesty of Darius, you who have made the sun lay its crown in reverence on the dust of your threshold;
COUPLET 13
نصرة الدّین شاه یحیی آن که خصم ملک رااز دم شمشیر چون آتش در آب انداختی
nosratoddin shâh yahyâ, ân ke khasm-e molk râ / az dam-e shamshir chon âtash dar âb andâkhti
Nusrat al-Din Shah Yahya, you who, with the edge of your sword, have thrown the kingdom's enemy into water like fire.
What this fâl tells you
A kindness is being shown to you, even if it comes half-veiled. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that fortune has cast its shadow over a corner of your life that felt ruined, and that a treasure has been placed in your heart. Enjoy the cup you have won; a powerful helper may stand on your side.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: andâkhti ("you cast"). qâfiye: -âb (neghâb, âftâb, âb, afrâsiyâb, ezterâb, kharâb, âb, khâb, hejâb, neghâb, sharâb, reghâb, jenâb, âb). The last three beyts praise Shah Yahya (Nusrat al-Din).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| ماه | mâh | moon (image for a beautiful face) dictionary |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| نقاب | neghâb | veil dictionary |
| andâkhti | you cast, threw dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| kardi | you made dictionary | |
| sâye'i | a shadow dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| rang | color dictionary | |
| hâliyâ | for now (فعلاً) | |
| نیرنگ | neyrang | trick, deceit dictionary |
| naghshi | an image dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| گوی | gu-ye | ball of dictionary |
| khubi | goodness, beauty dictionary | |
| bordi | you took dictionary | |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| shâd | happy; shâd kardan = cheer up dictionary | |
| bâsh | be! dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| talab | request, search dictionary | |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| rokhsârat | your face dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| vajhi | some way, some manner dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| میان | miyân | middle; z-ân miyân = among them dictionary |
| پروانه | parvâne | moth (drawn to the candle) dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| ezterâb | turmoil, agitation dictionary | |
| گنج | ganj | treasure dictionary |
| khod | your own dictionary | |
| nahâdi | you placed dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| ویران | virân | ruined dictionary |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| کنج | konj | corner dictionary |
| kharâb | ruined; (in Hafez) drunk, wrecked by love dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| âraz | cheek (گونه) | |
| shirân | lions dictionary | |
| گردان | gordân | champions, heroes dictionary |
| khâb | sleep dictionary | |
| bidârân | those who stay awake at night dictionary | |
| bebasti | you bound up dictionary | |
| وآن | v-ân | and that (= va ân) (و آن) |
| گه | gah | time; har gah = whenever (= gâh) (گاه) |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| tohmati | an accusation, blame dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| hejâb | veil, curtain dictionary | |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| نوش | nush | drink! (= benush) (بنوش) dictionary |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| bin | seeing (âlam-bin = world-seeing) dictionary | |
| shâhed | beauty, the beloved (classical sense) dictionary | |
| مقصود | maghsud | goal, what one longs for dictionary |
| فریب | farib | deceit, trick dictionary |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| barâ-ye | for dictionary | |
| seyd | prey; hunting dictionary | |
| گردنم | gardanam | my neck dictionary |
| zanjir | chain dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| کمند | kamand | lasso dictionary |
| مالک | mâlek | owner, master; mâlek-reghâb = master of men's necks dictionary |
| reghâb | necks (Arabic plural) (گردن‌ها) | |
| dâvar | sovereign, judge (here the king) dictionary | |
| tâj | crown dictionary | |
| sar | head; az sar-e ta'zim = out of reverence dictionary | |
| ta'zim | honoring, reverence dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| jenâb | threshold, court; presence of a great person (آستانه) dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary | |
| khasm | enemy, rival (دشمن) dictionary | |
| dam | edge (of a sword) dictionary | |
| shamshir | sword dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 433. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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