Ghazal 474 of Hafez (9 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
هواخواه توام جانا و می‌دانم که می‌دانیکه هم نادیده می‌بینی و هم ننوشته می‌خوانی
havâkhâh-e to-am jânâ o midânam ke midâni / ke ham nâdide mibini o ham nanveshte mikhâni
I am your devoted admirer, my dear, and I know that you know it, for you see what has not been seen and read what has not been written.
COUPLET 2
ملامت‌گو چه دریابد میان عاشق و معشوق؟نبیند چشم نابینا خصوص اسرار پنهانی
malâmat-gu che daryâbad miyân-e âshegh o ma'shugh / nabinad cheshm-e nâbinâ khosus asrâr-e penhâni
What can the faultfinder grasp of what passes between lover and beloved? A blind eye cannot see, least of all hidden secrets.
COUPLET 3
بیفشان زلف و صوفی را به پابازی و رقص آورکه از هر رقعهٔ دلقش هزاران بت بیفشانی
beyafshân zolf o sufi râ be pâbâzi o raghs âvar / ke az har ragh'e-ye dalghash hezârân bot beyafshâni
Shake loose your curls and set the Sufi stamping and dancing, so that from every patch of his robe you shake out thousands of idols.
COUPLET 4
گشادِ کار مشتاقان در آن ابروی دلبند استخدا را یک نفس بنشین گره بگشا ز پیشانی
goshâd-e kâr-e moshtâghân dar ân abru-ye delband ast / khodâ râ yek nafas beneshin gereh begoshâ ze pishâni
The success of those who long for you lies in that captivating eyebrow; for God's sake, sit with us a moment and undo the knot of your frown.
COUPLET 5
ملک در سجدهٔ آدم زمین بوس تو نیت کردکه در حُسن تو لطفی دید بیش از حد انسانی
malak dar sajde-ye âdam zamin-bus-e to niyyat kard / ke dar hosn-e to lotfi did bish az hadd-e ensâni
When the angel bowed down before Adam, it meant to kiss the ground before you, for in your beauty it saw a grace beyond human measure.
COUPLET 6
چراغ افروز چشم ما نسیم زلف جانان استمباد این جمع را یا رب غم از باد پریشانی
cherâgh-afruz-e cheshm-e mâ nasim-e zolf-e jânân ast / mabâd in jam' râ yâ rab gham az bâd-e parishâni
What lights the lamp of our eyes is the breeze from the beloved's curls; O Lord, may this gathering never suffer from the wind of scattering.
COUPLET 7
دریغا عیش شب‌گیری که در خواب سحر بگذشتندانی قدر وقت ای دل مگر وقتی که درمانی
daryghâ eysh-e shabgiri ke dar khâb-e sahar bogzasht / nadâni ghadr-e vaght ey del magar vaghti ke darmâni
Alas for the pleasure of the night watch that slipped away in dawn sleep. O heart, you do not know the worth of time until you are left helpless.
COUPLET 8
ملول از همرهان بودن طریق کاردانی نیستبکش دشواری منزل به یاد عهد آسانی
malul az hamrahân budan tarigh-e kârdâni nist / bekesh doshvâri-ye manzel be yâd-e ahd-e âsâni
Growing weary of your companions is not the way of the wise; bear the hardship of the road in memory of easier days.
COUPLET 9
خیال چنبر زلفش فریبت می‌دهد حافظ«نگر تا حلقهٔ اقبال ناممکن نجنبانی»
khiyâl-e chanbar-e zolfash faribat midahad Hâfez / negar tâ halghe-ye eghbâl-e nâmomken najonbâni
The fancy of the coil of those curls is deceiving you, Hafez: take care not to knock on the ring of an impossible fortune.
What this fâl tells you
This fal says that someone already knows your heart without your saying it, so you need not prove yourself to critics. Tradition reads it as a call to value the present moment and to stay patient with your companions on a hard road, remembering easier days. Hope warmly, but put your energy where good fortune is truly possible.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âni (midâni, mikhâni, penhâni, beyafshâni, pishâni, ensâni, parishâni, darmâni, âsâni, najonbâni). The last half-line is in quotation marks as a proverb-like warning.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| هواخواه | havâkhâh | devotee, admirer dictionary |
| to-am | I am yours (havâkhâh-e to-am = I am your well-wisher) dictionary | |
| jânâ | O dear one (jân + vocative -â) (عزیزم) dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| می‌دانم | midânam | I know dictionary |
| midâni | you know dictionary | |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| نادیده | nâdide | unseen, what has not been seen dictionary |
| mibini | you see dictionary | |
| ننوشته | nanveshte | unwritten, what has not been written dictionary |
| mikhâni | you read dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| daryâbad | grasps, understands (بفهمد) dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | between dictionary |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| معشوق | ma'shugh | beloved dictionary |
| نبیند | nabinad | does not see dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| نابینا | nâbinâ | blind dictionary |
| khosus | especially, least of all (به‌ویژه) | |
| asrâr | secrets dictionary | |
| penhâni | hidden dictionary | |
| beyafshân | sprinkle!, pour! dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| raghs | dance dictionary | |
| âvar | bring!; be dast âvar = win (someone's heart) (بیاور) dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| ragh'e | patch (on a dervish robe) (وصله) | |
| هزاران | hezârân | thousands dictionary |
| bot | idol; the beautiful beloved dictionary | |
| beyafshâni | you shake out, scatter dictionary | |
| گشاد | goshâd | opening; goshâd-e kâr = success in one's affairs (گشایش) dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| مشتاقان | moshtâghân | those who long, lovers dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| نفس | nafas | breath; yek nafas = one moment dictionary |
| beneshin | sit! dictionary | |
| begoshâ | open! lift! dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| pishâni | forehead, brow dictionary | |
| ملک | malak | angel (فرشته) |
| âdam | Adam dictionary | |
| zamin | earth, ground dictionary | |
| bus | kiss (بوسه) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| نیت | niyyat | intention dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| lotfi | a kindness dictionary | |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| hadd | limit, capacity; hadd-e ... nist = not within the power of dictionary | |
| ensâni | human dictionary | |
| چراغ | cherâgh | lamp dictionary |
| afruz | brightening; del-afruz = heart-brightening dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| مباد | mabâd | may it not be (نباشد) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| jam' | gathering dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| parishâni-ye | turmoil, distress of dictionary | |
| daryghâ | alas! dictionary | |
| eysh | pleasure, enjoyment dictionary | |
| khâb | sleep dictionary | |
| sahar | dawn dictionary | |
| bogzasht | passed (گذشت) dictionary | |
| nadâni | you do not know dictionary | |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| مگر | magar | except, unless dictionary |
| darmâni | you are left helpless, stuck (dar mândan) (درمانده شوی) | |
| ملول | malul | weary, fed up (خسته) dictionary |
| همرهان | hamrahân | fellow travelers (= hamrâhân) (همراهان) dictionary |
| budan | being dictionary | |
| tarigh | way, path dictionary | |
| kârdâni | wisdom, competence dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| bekesh | bear! endure! (تحمل کن) dictionary | |
| doshvâri | hardship dictionary | |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| zolfash | her curls dictionary | |
| فریبت | faribat | you (object) deceive; farib midahad = deceives dictionary |
| می‌دهد | midahad | gives; neshân midahad = describes dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| نگر | negar | look! see! (ببین) dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| halghe | circle, ring dictionary | |
| eghbâl-e | good fortune of dictionary | |
| najonbâni | you do not shake (a door knocker) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 474. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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