Ghazal 471 of Hafez (11 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 دلبرم که رساند نوازش قلمیکجاست پیک صبا گر همی کند کرمی؟
ze delbaram ke resânad navâzesh-e ghalami? / kojâst peyk-e sabâ gar hami konad karami?
Who will bring me a caress from my sweetheart's pen? Where is the messenger breeze, if it would do me a kindness?
COUPLET 2
قیاس کردم و تدبیر عقل در ره عشقچو شبنمی است که بر بحر می‌کشد رقمی
ghiyâs kardam o tadbir-e aghl dar rah-e eshgh / cho shabnami ast ke bar bahr mikeshad raghami
I have weighed it up: reason's planning on the road of love is like a drop of dew trying to write a line upon the sea.
COUPLET 3
بیا که خرقهٔ من گرچه رهن میکده‌هاستز مال وقف نبینی به نام من درمی
biyâ ke kherghe-ye man garche rahn-e meykade-hâst / ze mâl-e vaghf nabini be nâm-e man derami
Come: though my cloak lies pawned in the taverns, you will not find a single coin of endowment money in my name.
COUPLET 4
حدیثِ چون و چرا دردِ سر دهد ای دلپیاله گیر و بیاسا ز عمرِ خویش دمی
hadis-e chon o cherâ dard-e sar dahad ey del / piyâle gir o biyâsâ ze omr-e khish dami
O heart, all this talk of how and why only gives you a headache; take the cup and rest for a moment of your life.
COUPLET 5
طبیبِ راه‌نشین درد عشق نشناسدبرو به دست کن ای مرده‌دل مسیح‌دمی
tabib-e râh-neshin dard-e eshgh nashenâsad / borow be dast kon ey morde-del masih-dami
The roadside doctor does not know the pain of love; go, dead-hearted one, and find someone with the breath of Christ.
COUPLET 6
دلم گرفت ز سالوس و طبل زیر گلیمبه آن که بر در میخانه برکشم عَلَمی
delam gereft ze sâlus o tabl-e zir-e gelim / beh ân ke bar dar-e meykhâne barkesham alami
My heart is weary of hypocrisy and drums beaten under a rug; better that I raise a banner at the tavern door.
COUPLET 7
بیا که وقت‌شناسان دو کون بفروشندبه یک پیاله میِ صاف و صحبتِ صنمی
biyâ ke vaght-shenâsân do kown befrushand / be yek piyâle mey-e sâf o sohbat-e sanami
Come, for those who know the worth of the moment would sell both worlds for one cup of clear wine and the company of a beauty.
COUPLET 8
دوام عیش و تنعم نه شیوهٔ عشق استاگر معاشرِ مایی بنوش نیش غمی
davâm-e eysh o tana'om na shive-ye eshgh ast / agar mo'âsher-e mâyi benush nish-e ghami
Lasting pleasure and ease are not love's way; if you keep company with us, swallow the sting of some sorrow.
COUPLET 9
نمی‌کنم گله‌ای لیک ابر رحمت دوستبه کِشته‌زار جگرتشنگان نداد نمی
nemikonam gele'i lik abr-e rahmat-e dust / be keshtezâr-e jegar-teshnegân nadâd nami
I make no complaint, but the Friend's cloud of mercy has not given a drop of rain to the fields of those parched with thirst.
COUPLET 10
چرا به یک نیِ قندش نمی‌خرند آن کسکه کرد صد شکرافشانی از نیِ قلمی
cherâ be yek ney-e ghandash nemikharand ân kas / ke kard sad shekar-afshâni az ney-e ghalami?
Why will no one buy him even for a single stalk of sugarcane, the one who scattered a hundred sugars from a reed pen?
COUPLET 11
سزای قدر تو شاها به دست حافظ نیستجز از دعای شبی و نیاز صبحدمی
sezâ-ye ghadr-e to shâhâ be dast-e Hâfez nist / joz az do'â-ye shabi o niyâz-e sobhdami
O king, Hafez has nothing in his hands worthy of your rank, except a prayer in the night and a humble plea at dawn.
What this fâl tells you
A kind word or letter from someone you care about would mean a great deal now: tradition reads this fal as a sign that the breeze may bring it. Stop wearing yourself out with endless "how" and "why" and rest a moment. Choose honesty over hypocrisy, and offer what you truly have, sincere prayer and good will, which is never small.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -ami (ghalami, karami, raghami, derami, dami, masih-dami, alami, sanami, ghami, nami, sobhdami).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| delbaram | my sweetheart dictionary | |
| resânad | will deliver, carry dictionary | |
| نوازش | navâzesh | caress, kindness dictionary |
| ghalami | a pen; navâzesh-e ghalami = a caress written by pen dictionary | |
| پیک | peyk-e | messenger of dictionary |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| hami | old prefix of continuing action (= mi-) (می) | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| karami | a kindness dictionary | |
| قیاس | ghiyâs | comparison; ghiyâs-e kâr gereftan = to take as a model dictionary |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| tadbir | plan, course of action dictionary | |
| aghl | reason, intellect dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| shabnami | a drop of dew dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| می‌کشد | mikeshad | draws, writes dictionary |
| raghami | a mark, a line of writing dictionary | |
| biyâ | come! dictionary | |
| kherghe | dervish's cloak, Sufi robe dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| میکده‌هاست | meykade-hâst | is in the taverns (= meykade-hâ ast) dictionary |
| مال | mâl | property, money dictionary |
| وقف | vaghf | religious endowment dictionary |
| nabini | you will not see dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| چون | chon | how; chon o cherâ = how and why dictionary |
| چرا | cherâ | why dictionary |
| dard | pain; dard-e sar = headache dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| dahad | gives, may give dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| پیاله | piyâle | cup dictionary |
| گیر | gir | take! yâd gir = learn! (بگیر) dictionary |
| biyâsâ | rest! dictionary | |
| omr | life, lifetime dictionary | |
| khish | one's own (خود) dictionary | |
| dami | a moment dictionary | |
| tabib | doctor (پزشک) dictionary | |
| نشناسد | nashenâsad | does not know, does not recognize dictionary |
| borow | go! dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| گرفت | gereft | grew weary (delam gereft = my heart is weary) dictionary |
| sâlus | hypocrisy, false piety (ریاکاری) | |
| tabl | drum; tabl-e zir-e gelim = a drum beaten under a rug (doing secretly what one condemns) dictionary | |
| zir | under dictionary | |
| beh | better (beh ân ke = better that) (بهتر) | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| میخانه | meykhâne | tavern dictionary |
| alami | a banner dictionary | |
| وقت‌شناسان | vaght-shenâsân | those who know the worth of the moment dictionary |
| do | two dictionary | |
| befrushand | would sell dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| می | mey | wine (شراب) dictionary |
| sâf | clear, pure dictionary | |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| davâm | lasting, permanence dictionary | |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| shive | manner, way dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| معاشر | mo'âsher-e | companion of dictionary |
| mâyi | you are ours dictionary | |
| benush | drink! dictionary | |
| نیش | nish | sting dictionary |
| ghami | a sorrow dictionary | |
| نمی‌کنم | nemikonam | I do not do dictionary |
| gele'i | a complaint dictionary | |
| لیک | lik | but (ولی) |
| abr | cloud dictionary | |
| rahmat | mercy dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| نداد | nadâd | did not give dictionary |
| nami | a little moisture, a drop dictionary | |
| نی | ney | reed, cane; ney-e ghand = sugarcane; ney-e ghalam = reed pen dictionary |
| نمی‌خرند | nemikharand | they do not buy dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| قدر | ghadr | rank, worth dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| shâhâ | O king! dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| do'â-ye | prayer of dictionary | |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| نیاز | niyâz | need, humble pleading dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 471. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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