Ghazal 454 of Hafez (14 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
ز کوی یار می‌آید نسیمِ بادِ نوروزیاز این باد ار مدد خواهی، چراغِ دل برافروزی
ze ku-ye yâr miâyad nasim-e bâd-e nowruzi / az in bâd ar madad khâhi cherâgh-e del barafruzi
From the beloved's street comes the breath of the New Year wind; if you ask this wind for help, you will light the lamp of your heart.
COUPLET 2
چو گل گر خرده‌ای داری، خدا را صرفِ عشرت کنکه قارون را غلط‌ها داد، سودای زراندوزی
cho gol gar khorde-i dâri khodâ râ sarf-e eshrat kon / ke ghârun râ ghalat-hâ dâd sodâ-ye zarânduzi
If, like the rose, you have a little gold, for God's sake spend it on joy, for the craze for hoarding gold led Qarun into error.
COUPLET 3
ز جام گل، دگر بلبل، چنان مستِ میِ لعل استکه زد بر چرخ فیروزه صفیرِ تختِ فیروزی
ze jâm-e gol degar bolbol chenân mast-e mey-e la'l ast / ke zad bar charkh-e firuze safir-e takht-e firuzi
Once again the nightingale is so drunk on ruby wine from the rose's cup that it has sent the call of the throne of victory up to the turquoise wheel of heaven.
COUPLET 4
به صحرا رو که از دامن، غبارِ غم بیَفشانیبه گلزار آی کز بلبل، غزل گفتن بیاموزی
be sahrâ row ke az dâman ghobâr-e gham biyafshâni / be golzâr ây k-az bolbol ghazal goftan biyâmuzi
Go out to the open fields and shake the dust of grief from your robe; come to the rose garden and learn from the nightingale how to sing a ghazal.
COUPLET 5
چو امکانِ خُلود ای دل! در این فیروزه‌ایوان نیستمجال عیش فرصت دان، به فیروزی و بهروزی
cho emkân-e kholud ey del dar in firuze-eyvân nist / majâl-e eysh forsat dân be firuzi o behruzi
Since, O heart, there is no living forever under this turquoise vault, count every chance for joy as an opportunity, in triumph and good fortune.
COUPLET 6
طریق کام‌بخشی چیست؟ ترکِ کامِ خود کردنکلاهِ سروری آن است، کز این ترک بر دوزی
tarigh-e kâmbakhshi chist? tark-e kâm-e khod kardan / kolâh-e sarvari ân ast k-az in tark bar duzi
What is the way to grant wishes? To give up your own wish. The true cap of lordship is the one you stitch together from this giving up.
COUPLET 7
سخن در پرده می‌گویم، چو گل از غنچه بیرون آیکه بیش از پنج روزی نیست، حکمِ میرِ نوروزی
sokhan dar parde miguyam cho gol az ghonche birun ây / ke bish az panj ruzi nist hokm-e mir-e nowruzi
I speak in veiled words: like the rose, come out of the bud, for the rule of the New Year's mock king lasts no more than five days.
COUPLET 8
ندانم نوحهٔ قمری، به طرْف جویباران چیستمگر او نیز همچون من، غمی دارد شبان‌روزی؟
nadânam nowhe-ye ghomri be tarf-e juybârân chist / magar u niz hamchon man ghami dârad shabânruzi
I do not know what the turtledove laments beside the streams; could it be that, like me, it has a sorrow that lasts night and day?
COUPLET 9
مِیی دارم چو جان، صافی و صوفی می‌کند عیبشخدایا هیچ عاقل را، مبادا بختِ بد، روزی
meyi dâram cho jân sâfi o sufi mikonad eybash / khodâyâ hich âghel râ mabâdâ bakht-e bad ruzi
I have wine as pure as the soul, and the Sufi finds fault with it; O God, may no wise person ever, one day, meet with bad luck.
COUPLET 10
جدا شد یار شیرینت، کنون تنها نشین ای شمع!که حکم آسمان این است اگر سازی و گر سوزی
jodâ shod yâr-e shirinat konun tanhâ neshin ey sham' / ke hokm-e âsmân in ast agar sâzi o gar suzi
Your sweet companion has parted from you; now sit alone, O candle, for this is heaven's decree, whether you put up with it or burn.
COUPLET 11
به عُجْبِ علم نتوان شد، ز اسباب طرب محرومبیا ساقی که جاهل را هنی‌تر می‌رسد روزی
be ojb-e elm natavân shod ze asbâb-e tarab mahrum / biyâ sâghi ke jâhel râ hanitar miresad ruzi
One should not, out of pride in learning, cut oneself off from the means of joy; come, cupbearer, for the ignorant get their daily bread more pleasantly.
COUPLET 12
مِی اندر مجلسِ آصف، به نوروزِ جلالی نوشکه بخشد جرعهٔ جامت، جهان را سازِ نوروزی
mey andar majles-e âsef be nowruz-e jalâli nush / ke bakhshad jor'e-ye jâmat jahân râ sâz-e nowruzi
Drink wine in Asaf's gathering at the Jalali New Year, for a sip from your cup gives the whole world its New Year's festivity.
COUPLET 13
نه حافظ می‌کند تنها دعای خواجه توران‌شاهز مدح آصفی خواهد، جهان عیدی و نوروزی
na Hâfez mikonad tanhâ do'â-ye khâje turânshâh / ze madh-e âsefi khâhad jahân idi o nowruzi
It is not Hafez alone who prays for Khwaja Turanshah; the whole world hopes for a New Year's gift from praising this Asaf.
COUPLET 14
جنابش پارسایان راست، محراب دل و دیدهجبینش صبح‌خیزان راست، روز فتح و فیروزی
janâbash pârsâyân râst mehrâb-e del o dide / jabinash sobhkhizân râst ruz-e fath o firuzi
His presence is, for the pious, the prayer niche of heart and eye; his brow is, for those who rise at dawn, a day of conquest and victory.
What this fâl tells you
The spring breeze is blowing your way: tradition reads this fal as an invitation to step outside, shake off old grief, and light the lamp of your heart again. Spend what you have on joy and kindness rather than hoarding it. Like the rose leaving its bud, do not hold back, for good seasons are short and worth living fully.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -uzi (nowruzi, barafruzi, zarânduzi, firuzi, biyâmuzi, behruzi, duzi, shabânruzi, ruzi, suzi). The rhyme words nowruzi and firuzi return several times.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| ku-ye | street, quarter (of) (کوچه) | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| می‌آید | miâyad | comes dictionary |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| nowruzi | of Nowruz, the Persian New Year (spring) dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| مدد | madad | help dictionary |
| khâhi | you want dictionary | |
| چراغ | cherâgh | lamp dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| barafruzi | you light up dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| khorde-i | a little money, some small coins (also the rose's golden stamens) dictionary | |
| dâri | you have dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| sarf | spending; sarf shodan = to be spent dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| ghalat-hâ | errors; ghalat dâdan = to lead astray dictionary | |
| dâd | gave dictionary | |
| sodâ-ye | passion, longing for dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| degar | again; other (= digar) (دیگر) | |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| چنان | chenân | so, in such a way dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| zad | struck; dam zad = breathed out, shone; âtash zad = set on fire dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| چرخ | charkh | wheel; the sky as a turning wheel dictionary |
| safir | whistle (to call a falcon back) dictionary | |
| takht | throne dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sahrâ | open country, fields dictionary | |
| row | go! (برو) dictionary | |
| ghobâr | dust; also a fine script, like the down of a cheek dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| biyafshâni | you shake off dictionary | |
| ây | come! (بیا) dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| ghazal | ghazal, lyric poem dictionary | |
| گفتن | goftan | to say; tark goftan = to give up dictionary |
| biyâmuzi | you learn dictionary | |
| emkân | chance, possibility dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| مجال | majâl | room, chance dictionary |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| فرصت | forsat | chance, opportunity dictionary |
| dân | know! consider! (بدان) dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| tarigh | way, path dictionary | |
| tark | giving up; also a panel of a cap (pun) dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| khod | self, own dictionary | |
| کردن | kardan | doing; kardan-e sehr = working magic dictionary |
| کلاه | kolâh | cap, hat dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| duzi | you stitch (bar duzi = stitch together) dictionary | |
| sokhan | speech, words dictionary | |
| پرده | parde | curtain, veil dictionary |
| می‌گویم | miguyam | I say dictionary |
| ghonche | bud, rosebud dictionary | |
| birun | outside dictionary | |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| ruzi | days (panj ruzi = a mere five days) dictionary | |
| hokm | command, control dictionary | |
| ندانم | nadânam | I do not know (نمی‌دانم) dictionary |
| نوحهٔ | nowhe | lament dictionary |
| taraf | side, region dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | perhaps? could it be that? (in questions) dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| نیز | niz | also dictionary |
| همچون | hamchon | like (مثل) |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| ghami | a sorrow dictionary | |
| dârad | has; (with arze) shows dictionary | |
| meyi | a wine dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| sâfi | pure, clear dictionary | |
| می‌کند | mikonad | does, is doing dictionary |
| eybash | its fault; eyb kardan = to criticize dictionary | |
| khodâyâ | O God! dictionary | |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| âghel | wise, rational dictionary | |
| مبادا | mabâdâ | may it never be! dictionary |
| bakht | fortune, luck dictionary | |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| jodâ | apart; jodâ shod = parted dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| کنون | konun | now (اکنون) |
| tanhâ | alone; na be tanhâ = not only dictionary | |
| نشین | neshin | sit! (بنشین) dictionary |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| sâzi | you put up with, you make do dictionary | |
| suzi | you burn dictionary | |
| elm | knowledge dictionary | |
| asbâb | means, things needed dictionary | |
| tarab | joy, merriment dictionary | |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| jâhel | ignorant dictionary | |
| می‌رسد | miresad | arrives, reaches dictionary |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| مجلس | majles | gathering, feast dictionary |
| نوروز | nowruz | Nowruz, the Persian New Year dictionary |
| نوش | nush | drink! (= benush) (بنوش) dictionary |
| bakhshad | grants, gives dictionary | |
| jor'e | sip, mouthful dictionary | |
| jâmat | your cup dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| do'â-ye | prayer of dictionary | |
| khâje | master, lord dictionary | |
| مدح | madh | praise dictionary |
| khâhad | will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| idi | a festive gift dictionary | |
| janâbash | his presence, his threshold dictionary | |
| پارسایان | pârsâyân | the pious dictionary |
| râ-st | is for, belongs to (= râ ast) dictionary | |
| محراب | mehrâb-e | prayer niche of dictionary |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| فتح | fath | conquest, victory dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 454. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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