Ghazal 445 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
تو را که هر چه مراد است در جهان داریچه غم ز حال ضعیفان ناتوان داری؟
to râ ke har che morâd ast dar jahân dâri / che gham ze hâl-e za'ifân-e nâtavân dâri
You who have everything one could wish for in the world, what do you care about the state of the weak and helpless?
COUPLET 2
بخواه جان و دل از بنده و روان بستانکه حکم بر سر آزادگان روان داری
bekhâh jân o del az bande o ravân bestân / ke hokm bar sar-e âzâdegân ravân dâri
Ask your servant for his life and heart, and take his soul, for your command holds over the heads of the free.
COUPLET 3
میان نداری و دارم عجب که هر ساعتمیان مجمع خوبان کنی میان‌داری
miyân nadâri o dâram ajab ke har sâ'at / miyân-e majma'-e khubân koni miyândâri
You have no waist at all, and I wonder how every hour, in the midst of the gathering of beauties, you take center stage.
COUPLET 4
بیاضِ رویِ تو را، نیست نقشِ دَرخور از آنکسوادی از خط مشکین بر ارغوان داری
bayâz-e ru-ye to râ nist naghsh-e darkhor az ânk / savâdi az khatt-e meshkin bar arghavân dâri
No painting is worthy of the whiteness of your face, since you have a dark sketch of musky down drawn on the redbud of your cheek.
COUPLET 5
بنوش می که سبک‌روحی و لطیف مدامعلی الخصوص در آن دم که سر گران داری
benush mey ke sabok-ruhi o latif-e modâm / ala-l-khosus dar ân dam ke sar gerân dâri
Drink wine, for you are light of spirit and always graceful, especially at the moment when your head is heavy.
COUPLET 6
مکن عتاب از این بیش و جور بر دل مامکن هر آن چه توانی که جای آن داری
makon etâb az in bish o jowr bar del-e mâ / makon har ân che tavâni ke jâ-ye ân dâri
Do not reproach and oppress our heart more than this; do not do all that you can, even though you have the right to.
COUPLET 7
به اختیارت اگر صد هزار تیر جفاستبه قصد جانِ منِ خسته در کمان داری
be ekhtiyârat agar sad hezâr tir-e jafâ-st / be ghasd-e jân-e man-e khaste dar kamân dâri
If it is your choice, so be it, that you have a hundred thousand arrows of cruelty on your bow aimed at my weary life.
COUPLET 8
بکِش جفای رقیبان مدام و جور حسودکه سهل باشد اگر یارِ مهربان داری
bekesh jafâ-ye raghibân modâm o jowr-e hasud / ke sahl bâshad agar yâr-e mehrabân dâri
Always bear the cruelty of rivals and the oppression of the envious, for it is a small thing if you have a kind beloved.
COUPLET 9
به وصل دوست گرت دست می‌دهد یک دمبرو که هر چه مراد است در جهان داری
be vasl-e dust garat dast midahad yek dam / borow ke har che morâd ast dar jahân dâri
If union with the beloved comes to you for even one moment, go: you have everything one could wish for in the world.
COUPLET 10
چو گل به دامن از این باغ می‌بری حافظچه غم ز ناله و فریاد باغبان داری؟
cho gol be dâman az in bâgh mibari Hâfez / che gham ze nâle o faryâd-e bâghbân dâri
Since you are carrying roses away from this garden in your lap, Hafez, why worry about the gardener's cries and complaints?
What this fâl tells you
You have more than you think, says this fal: a single moment with someone you love is everything. Tradition reads it as advice to put up with critics and envious people calmly, since kindness from the right person outweighs them all. Those in a strong position are reminded to be gentle with the weak.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dâri ("you have"). qâfiye: -ân (jahân, nâtavân, ravân, miyân, arghavân, gerân, ân, kamân, mehrabân, jahân, bâghbân).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| to | you dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| مراد | morâd | wish, desire dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| dâri | you have dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| hâl | state, condition dictionary | |
| za'ifân | the weak dictionary | |
| ناتوان | nâtavân | weak, helpless dictionary |
| bekhâh | ask for, call for! dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| bande | servant; humble "I" dictionary | |
| bestân | take! (بگیر) dictionary | |
| hokm | command, control dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| âzâdegân | the free, the noble dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | waist; also middle, midst dictionary |
| nadâri | you do not have dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| ajab | wonder, strange dictionary | |
| sâ'at | hour dictionary | |
| مجمع | majma' | gathering dictionary |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| koni | you do, you make dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| نقش | naghsh | image, shape dictionary |
| darkhor | fit for, worthy of (شایسته) | |
| ânk | that (= ân ke); az ânk = because (آنکه) | |
| savâdi | a dark region, an inhabited land; also blackness (of the curls) dictionary | |
| khatt | line; here a painted line / the first down on the cheek dictionary | |
| benush | drink! dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| لطیف | latif | gentle, delicate dictionary |
| مدام | modâm | constant, lasting; also "wine" (pun) dictionary |
| al-khosus | especially; ala-l-khosus = above all (Arabic) (به‌ویژه) | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| گران | gerân | heavy; sar gerân kardan = act haughty, turn away dictionary |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| tavâni | you can dictionary | |
| jâ-ye | place of; jâ-ye ân dâshtan = to be entitled to it dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| هزار | hezâr | thousand; also "nightingale" (hezâr-dastân) dictionary |
| tir | arrow dictionary | |
| jafâ-st | is (of) cruelty (= jafâ ast) dictionary | |
| قصد | ghasd | intent; ghasd kardan = to head for dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| khaste | tired, wounded dictionary | |
| bekesh | bear! endure! (تحمل کن) dictionary | |
| jafâ-ye | cruelty of dictionary | |
| raghibân | rivals in love dictionary | |
| hasud | envious (person) dictionary | |
| sahl | easy, a small matter dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| مهربان | mehrabân | kind dictionary |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| گرت | garat | if ... you (= agar to-râ) (اگر به تو) |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| می‌دهد | midahad | gives; neshân midahad = describes dictionary |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| mibari | you take away dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ناله | nâle | moan, lament dictionary |
| فریاد | faryâd | cry, shout dictionary |
| bâghbân | gardener dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 445. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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