Ghazal 460 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
سُلَیمیٰ مُنذُ حَلَّت بِالْعراقِأُلاقی مِن نَواها ما أُلاقی
soleymâ monzo hallat bel-erâghi / olâghi men navâhâ mâ olâghi
(Arabic) Ever since Soleyma went to live in Iraq, I have been suffering what I suffer from her distance.
COUPLET 2
الا ای ساروان منزل دوستإِلی رُکبانِکُم طالَ اشْتیاقی
alâ ey sârvân-e manzel-e dust / elâ rokbânekom tâla eshtiyâghi
O camel driver of the Friend's dwelling, (Arabic) how long my longing for your riders has grown!
COUPLET 3
خِرَد در زنده‌رود انداز و می نوشبه گلبانگ جوانان عراقی
kherad dar zende-rud andâz o mey nush / be golbâng-e javânân-e erâghi
Throw reason into the Zayandeh-rud and drink wine to the songs of the young men of Iraq.
COUPLET 4
رَبیعُ العُمرِ فی مَرعیٰ حِماکُمحَماکَ اللّهُ یا عَهدَ التَّلاقی
rabi'ol-omri fi mar'â hemâkom / hamâkallâho yâ ahdat-talâghi
(Arabic) The springtime of my life was spent in the pasture of your sanctuary; may God protect you, O time of our meeting!
COUPLET 5
بیا ساقی بده رَطْل گرانمسَقاکَ اللّهُ مِن کَأسٍ دِهاقِ
biyâ sâghi bedeh ratl-e gerânam / saghâkallâho men ka'sin dehâghi
Come, cupbearer, give me a heavy measure; (Arabic) may God give you to drink from a brimming cup.
COUPLET 6
جوانی باز می‌آرد به یادمسماع چنگ و دست افشان ساقی
javâni bâz miârad be yâdam / samâ'-e chang o dast-afshân-e sâghi
The music of the harp and the cupbearer's dancing hands bring my youth back to mind.
COUPLET 7
می باقی بده تا مست و خوشدلبه یاران برفَشانم عمر باقی
mey-e bâghi bedeh tâ mast o khoshdel / be yârân barfeshânam omr-e bâghi
Give me the rest of the wine, so that, drunk and glad, I may lavish the rest of my life on my friends.
COUPLET 8
درونم خون شد از نادیدن دوستأَلا تَعْساً لِأیّامِ الفِراقِ
darunam khun shod az nâdidan-e dust / alâ ta'san le-ayyâmel-ferâghi
My heart has turned to blood from not seeing the Friend; (Arabic) ah, ruin take the days of separation!
COUPLET 9
دُموعی بَعدَکُم لا تَحْقِروهافَکَم بحرٍ عَمیقٍ مِن سَواقِ
domu'i ba'dakom lâ tahgheruhâ / fa-kam bahrin amighin men savâghi
(Arabic) Do not belittle my tears since you left, for how many deep seas have come from little streams!
COUPLET 10
دمی با نیکخواهان متفق باشغنیمت دان امور اتفاقی
dami bâ nikkhâhân mottafegh bâsh / ghanimat dân omur-e ettefâghi
Be one with your well-wishers for a moment, and treasure the things that come by chance.
COUPLET 11
بساز ای مطرب خوشخوان خوشگوبه شعر فارسی، صوت عراقی
besâz ey motreb-e khosh-khân-e khoshgu / be she'r-e fârsi sowt-e erâghi
Sweet-singing, sweet-spoken musician, set an Iraqi tune to a Persian poem.
COUPLET 12
عروسی بس خوشی ای دختر رَزولی گه گه سزاوار طلاقی
arusi bas khoshi ey dokhtar-e raz / vali gah gah sezâvâr-e talâghi
You are a lovely bride, O daughter of the vine, but now and then you deserve a divorce.
COUPLET 13
مسیحای مجرد را برازدکه با خورشید سازد هم‌وُثاقی
masihâ-ye mojarrad râ barâzad / ke bâ khorshid sâzad ham-vosâghi
It suits the solitary Messiah to share his room with the sun.
COUPLET 14
وصال دوستان روزی ما نیستبخوان حافظ غزل‌های فراقی
vesâl-e dustân ruzi-ye mâ nist / bekhân Hâfez ghazal-hâ-ye ferâghi
Union with friends is not our lot; Hafez, sing ghazals of separation.
What this fâl tells you
Someone dear may be far away, but tradition reads this fal as a reminder that small tears can become a deep sea of love. Spend time with the friends who wish you well and treasure the good things that come unplanned. Music and memories of youth can lift your heart while you wait.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âghi (erâghi, olâghi, eshtiyâghi, talâghi, dehâghi, sâghi, bâghi, ferâghi, savâghi, ettefâghi, vosâghi). A macaronic ghazal: beyt 1, 4 and 9, and the second half of beyts 2, 5 and 8, are Arabic. Erâghi also names a musical mode.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| bel-erâghi | in Iraq (Arabic) dictionary | |
| من | men | from (Arabic) (از) |
| ما | mâ | what (Arabic: mâ olâghi = what I suffer) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sârvân | camel driver, caravan leader (ساربان) | |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| eshtiyâghi | my longing (Arabic) dictionary | |
| kherad | reason, wisdom dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| andâz | -shooting (kaj-andâz = shooting crooked) dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| نوش | nush | drink! (= benush) (بنوش) dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| javânân | young people dictionary | |
| erâghi | of Iraq (Persian Iraq, around Isfahan); also a musical mode dictionary | |
| al-omri | of life (Arabic) dictionary | |
| مرعی | mar'â | pasture (Arabic) dictionary |
| allâho | God (Arabic) dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| گرانم | gerânam | heavy ... me (= gerân marâ) dictionary |
| کأس | ka'sin | a cup (Arabic) dictionary |
| javâni | youth; youthful dictionary | |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| می‌آرد | miârad | brings (می‌آورد) dictionary |
| یادم | yâdam | my memory; be yâdam = to my mind dictionary |
| چنگ | chang | harp dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| khoshdel | glad-hearted dictionary | |
| یاران | yârân | friends dictionary |
| omr | life, lifetime dictionary | |
| darunam | my inside, my heart dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| نادیدن | nâdidan | not seeing dictionary |
| لأیام | le-ayyâmi | to the days (Arabic) dictionary |
| tahgheruhâ | belittle them (Arabic) dictionary | |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| amighin | deep (Arabic) dictionary | |
| dami | a moment dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| متفق | mottafegh | in agreement, united dictionary |
| bâsh | be! dictionary | |
| ghanimat | godsend; ghanimat dânestan = to treasure dictionary | |
| dân | know! consider! (بدان) dictionary | |
| omur | affairs (کارها) dictionary | |
| ettefâghi | by chance, unplanned dictionary | |
| besâz | play! compose (a tune)! dictionary | |
| she'r | poem, poetry dictionary | |
| fârsi | Persian dictionary | |
| sowt | sound, voice dictionary | |
| arusi | a bride ... you are (arus + -i "you are") dictionary | |
| bas | much, many dictionary | |
| khoshi | lovely ... you are (khosh + -i "you are") dictionary | |
| dokhtar | daughter; dokhtar-e raz = daughter of the vine, wine dictionary | |
| vali | but dictionary | |
| گه | gah | time; har gah = whenever (= gâh) (گاه) |
| sezâvâr | worthy, deserving dictionary | |
| talâghi | of divorce ... you are (sezâvâr-e talâghi = you deserve divorce) dictionary | |
| masihâ | the Messiah, Jesus, said to live in the fourth heaven beside the sun dictionary | |
| مجرد | mojarrad | solitary, unmarried, free of worldly ties dictionary |
| sâzad | makes dictionary | |
| وصال | vesâl | union with the beloved dictionary |
| dustân | friends dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| bekhân | read! sing! recite! dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ghazal-hâ-ye | the ghazals of dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 460. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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