Ghazal 439 of Hafez (10 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
دیدم به خواب دوش که ماهی برآمدیکز عکس روی او شب هجران سر آمدی
didam be khâb dush ke mâhi barâmadi / k-az aks-e ru-ye u shab-e hejrân sar âmadi
Last night I dreamed that a moon rose, and by the reflection of its face the night of separation came to an end.
COUPLET 2
تعبیر رفت «یار سفرکرده می‌رسد»ای کاج هر چه زودتر از در درآمدی
ta'bir raft: yâr-e safar-karde miresad / ey kâj har che zudtar az dar dar âmadi
The dream was interpreted: "The friend who went away is coming back." If only he would come in through the door as soon as possible!
COUPLET 3
ذکرش به خیر ساقی فرخنده‌فال منکز در مدام با قدح و ساغر آمدی
zekrash be kheyr, sâghi-ye farkhonde-fâl-e man / k-az dar modâm bâ ghadah o sâghar âmadi
May he be remembered well, my cupbearer of happy omen, who always used to come through the door with goblet and cup.
COUPLET 4
خوش بودی ار به خواب بدیدی دیار خویشتا یاد صحبتش سوی ما رهبر آمدی
khosh budi ar be khâb bedidi diyâr-e khish / tâ yâd-e sohbatash su-ye mâ rahbar âmadi
How good it would be if he saw his homeland in a dream, so that the memory of our company might guide him back to us.
COUPLET 5
فیض ازل به زور و زر ار آمدی به دستآب خضر نصیبه اسکندر آمدی
feyz-e azal be zur o zar ar âmadi be dast / âb-e khezr nasibe-ye eskandar âmadi
If eternal grace could be won by force and gold, the water of Khizr would have been Alexander's share.
COUPLET 6
آن عهد یاد باد که از بام و در مراهر دم پیام یار و خط دلبر آمدی
ân ahd yâd bâd ke az bâm o dar marâ / har dam payâm-e yâr o khatt-e delbar âmadi
Remember that time when, from roof and door, the friend's messages and the beloved's letters came to me every moment.
COUPLET 7
کی یافتی رقیب تو چندین مجال ظلم؟مظلومی ار شبی به در داور آمدی
key yâfti raghib-e to chandin majâl-e zolm / mazlumi ar shabi be dar-e dâvar âmadi
How could your rival have found so much room for injustice, if just one wronged person had come one night to the judge's door?
COUPLET 8
خامان ره نرفته چه دانند ذوق عشقدریادلی بجوی دلیری سرآمدی
khâmân-e rah narafte che dânand zowgh-e eshgh / daryâ-deli bejuy, deliri, sarâmadi
What do the raw ones, who have never walked the road, know of the taste of love? Look for someone with a heart like the sea, someone brave, a master.
COUPLET 9
آن کو تو را به سنگ‌دلی کرد رهنمونای کاشکی که پاش به سنگی برآمدی
ân k-u to râ be sang-deli kard rahnemun / ey kâshki ke pâsh be sangi barâmadi
Whoever led you into hard-heartedness: I wish his foot had stumbled on a stone.
COUPLET 10
گر دیگری به شیوهٔ حافظ زدی رقممقبول طبع شاه هنرپرور آمدی
gar digari be shive-ye Hâfez zadi ragham / maghbul-e tab'-e shâh-e honarparvar âmadi
If anyone else could write in Hafez's manner, it would please the taste of the art-loving king.
What this fâl tells you
A good dream has been seen for you, and tradition reads it as the return of someone who is away, or of good news long awaited. This fal reminds you that grace is not bought with force or money; it comes to the open-hearted. Seek out brave, generous people, and the night of waiting will end.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: âmadi ("would come, came"). qâfiye: -ar (bar, sar, dar, sâghar, rahbar, eskandar, delbar, dâvar, sar, bar, honarparvar).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| didam | I saw dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khâb | sleep dictionary | |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| mâhi | a moon dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| aks | reflection dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| sar | head; end; sar âmadan = to come to an end dictionary | |
| âmadi | came, would come (old habitual / conditional) dictionary | |
| ta'bir | interpretation (of a dream) dictionary | |
| raft | was given; ta'bir raft = the dream was interpreted dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| می‌رسد | miresad | arrives, reaches dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| کاج | kâj | if only (= kâsh) (کاش) |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| zudtar | sooner dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| zekrash | his mention, remembrance of him dictionary | |
| kheyr | good, good deed dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| مدام | modâm | constant, lasting; also "wine" (pun) dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| قدح | ghadah | cup, goblet dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| budi | would be (wish form) dictionary | |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| bedidi | would see dictionary | |
| diyâr-e | land of dictionary | |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| sohbatash | company with him dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| rahbar | guide dictionary | |
| فیض | feyz | grace, abundance dictionary |
| zur | force, strength dictionary | |
| zar | gold dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| نصیبه | nasibe | share, lot dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| bâd | may it be; yâd bâd = may it be remembered (باشد) dictionary | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| پیام | payâm | message dictionary |
| khatt | handwriting, a letter dictionary | |
| delbar | heart-stealer, the beloved dictionary | |
| yâfti | would have found dictionary | |
| raghib | rival in love dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| چندین | chandin | so many dictionary |
| مجال | majâl | room, chance dictionary |
| zolm | injustice dictionary | |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| dâvar | judge (here God) dictionary | |
| khâmân | the raw, inexperienced dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| نرفته | narafte | not having walked dictionary |
| dânand | (they) know dictionary | |
| zowgh-e | taste, delight of dictionary | |
| bejuy | seek! (بجو) dictionary | |
| deliri | a brave one dictionary | |
| کو | k-u | who (= ke u) (که او) dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| rahnemun | guide dictionary | |
| kâshki | if only (کاش) | |
| پاش | pâsh | his foot (= pâ-yash) (پایش) dictionary |
| sangi | a stone dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| shive | manner, way dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| zadi | would write; ragham zadan = to write dictionary | |
| ragham | writing, mark dictionary | |
| مقبول | maghbul | accepted by, pleasing to dictionary |
| tab'-e | nature, temperament dictionary | |
| shâh | king dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 439. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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