Ghazal 493 of Hafez (12 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
اِی پادِشَهِ خوبان! داد از غَمِ تَنْهاییدِل، بی‌‌تو، به جان آمَد؛ وَقْت است کِه بازآیی
ey pâdshah-e khubân dâd az gham-e tanhâyi / del bi to be jân âmad vaght ast ke bâz âyi
O king of the beautiful, I cry out against the grief of loneliness! Without you my heart is worn out; it is time for you to come back.
COUPLET 2
دائم، گُلِ این بُسْتان، شاداب نمی‌مانَددَریاب ضَعیفان را دَر وَقْتِ تَوانایی!
dâyem gol-e in bostân shâdâb nemimânad / daryâb za'ifân râ dar vaght-e tavânâyi
The rose of this garden does not stay fresh forever; take care of the weak while you still have the strength.
COUPLET 3
دیشَب، گِلِهٔ زُلْفَش با باد، هَمی کَرْدَمگُفْتا: «غَلَطی! بُگْذَر زین فِکْرَتِ سودایی!»
dishab gele-ye zolfash bâ bâd hami kardam / goftâ ghalati bogzar z-in fekrat-e sowdâyi
Last night I was complaining to the wind about those curls; it said: "You are mistaken; give up this love-crazed thought."
COUPLET 4
صَد بادِ صَبا، این‌جا، با سِلْسِلِه می‌رَقْصَنْداین است حَریف ای دِل! تا باد نَپِیمایی
sad bâd-e sabâ injâ bâ selsele miraghsand / in ast harif ey del tâ bâd napeymâyi
Here a hundred morning breezes dance in the chain of those curls. That is your match, O heart: take care not to labor in vain, measuring the wind.
COUPLET 5
مُشْتاقی و مَهْجوری، دور از تو چُنانم کَرْدکَز دَسْت بِخواهَد شُد پایابِ شَکیبایی
moshtâghi o mahjuri dur az to chenânam kard / k-az dast bekhâhad shod pâyâb-e shakibâyi
Longing and separation, far from you, have brought me to such a state that the firm ground of my patience is about to slip away.
COUPLET 6
یا رَب! بِه کِه شایَد گُفْت این نُکْتِه که در عالَمرُخْساره به کَس نَنْمود آن شاهِدِ هَرجایی؟
yâ rab be ke shâyad goft in nokte ke dar âlam / rokhsâre be kas nanmud ân shâhed-e harjâyi
O Lord, to whom can I tell this subtle point: that the beauty who is present everywhere has shown its face to no one in the world?
COUPLET 7
ساقی! چَمَنِ گُل را بی‌‌رویِ تو، رَنْگی نیستشِمْشاد، خُرامان کُن! تا باغ بیارایی
sâghi chaman-e gol râ bi ru-ye to rangi nist / shemshâd kharâmân kon tâ bâgh biyârâyi
Cupbearer, without your face the rose meadow has no color; let your boxwood figure stroll, so that you adorn the garden.
COUPLET 8
اِی دَرْدِ تواَم دَرْمان در بَسْتَرِ ناکامی!وِی یادِ تواَم مونِس در گوشِهٔ تَنهایی!
ey dard-e to-am darmân dar bastar-e nâkâmi / v-ey yâd-e to-am munes dar gushe-ye tanhâyi
O you whose pain is my cure on the bed of misfortune, and whose memory is my companion in the corner of loneliness.
COUPLET 9
دَر دایِرِهٔ قِسْمَت، ما، نُقْطِهٔ تَسْلیمیملُطْف، آن‌چه تو اَنْدیشی؛ حُکْم، آن‌چه تو فَرمایی
dar dâyere-ye ghesmat mâ noghte-ye taslimim / lotf ân che to andishi hokm ân che to farmâyi
In the circle of destiny we are the point of surrender: kindness is whatever you think best, and the command is whatever you decree.
COUPLET 10
فِکْرِ خود و رایِ خود در عالَم رِنْدی نیستکُفْر است در این مَذْهَب، خودبینی و خودرایی
fekr-e khod o ra'y-e khod dar âlam-e rendi nist / kofr ast dar in mazhab khodbini o khodrâyi
In the world of the free spirits there is no place for one's own thoughts and opinions; in this creed, self-regard and self-will are unbelief.
COUPLET 11
زین دایِرِهٔ مینا، خونین‌جِگَرَم، مِی دِه!تا حَل کنم این مُشْکِل دَر ساغَرِ مینایی
z-in dâyere-ye minâ khunin-jegaram mey deh / tâ hall konam in moshkel dar sâghar-e minâyi
This blue enamel circle of the sky has made my heart bleed; give me wine, so I can solve this problem in a glass cup.
COUPLET 12
«حافِظ»! شَبِ هِجْران شُد، بویِ خوشِ وَصْل آمَدشادیْت، مُبارَک باد! اِی عاشِقِ شِیدایی!
Hâfez shab-e hejrân shod bu-ye khosh-e vasl âmad / shâdi-at mobârak bâd ey âshegh-e sheydâyi
Hafez, the night of separation is over and the sweet scent of union has come; may your joy be blessed, O lovesick lover!
What this fâl tells you
This fal ends with joyful news: the night of separation is over and the scent of union has arrived. Tradition reads it as a sign that a long wait or a lonely time is coming to an end. While you are strong, help those who are weaker, let go of stubbornness, and accept what comes with trust.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âyi (tanhâyi, bâz âyi, tavânâyi, sowdâyi, napeymâyi, shakibâyi, harjâyi, biyârâyi, farmâyi, khodrâyi, minâyi, sheydâyi).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| پادشه | pâdshah | king (پادشاه) |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| dâd | justice! a cry for help; dâd az = I cry out against dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| tanhâyi | loneliness dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| jân | soul; be jân âmadan = to be worn out, at the end of one's endurance dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| bostân | garden (باغ) | |
| shâdâb | fresh, full of life dictionary | |
| نمی‌ماند | nemimânad | does not remain dictionary |
| daryâb | take care of! help! dictionary | |
| za'ifân | the weak dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| tavânâyi | strength, ability dictionary | |
| dishab | last night dictionary | |
| گلهٔ | gele | complaint (گلایه) |
| zolfash | her curls dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| hami | old prefix of continuing action (= mi-) (می) | |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| گفتا | goftâ | (he/she) said (poetic form of goft) (گفت) dictionary |
| ghalati | you are mistaken (ghalat + -i "you are") dictionary | |
| bogzar | pass by, give up! dictionary | |
| z-in | from this (= az in); z-in pish = before this (از این) | |
| فکرت | fekrat | your thought dictionary |
| sowdâyi | love-crazed, full of passion dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| injâ | here dictionary | |
| selsele | chain dictionary | |
| می‌رقصند | miraghsand | they dance dictionary |
| harif-e | companion of (in drinking) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| napeymâyi | you do not measure; bâd peymudan = to measure the wind, labor in vain dictionary | |
| moshtâghi | longing dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dur | far dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| چنانم | chenânam | I am so (= chenân + am) dictionary |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| bekhâhad | will demand; kin khâstan = to take revenge dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| shakibâyi | patience dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| shâyad | it is fitting; it may be dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| نکته | nokte | point, subtle point dictionary |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| ننمود | nanmud | did not show dictionary |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| shâhed | beauty, the beloved (classical sense) dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| bi ru-ye | without the face of dictionary | |
| rangi | any color dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| kharâmân | strolling gracefully dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| biyârâyi | you adorn dictionary | |
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| to-am | your ... (is) my: dard-e to-am darmân = your pain is my cure dictionary | |
| darmân | cure, remedy dictionary | |
| bastar | bed dictionary | |
| vey | it, him, her (= u) (او) | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| to-am | your ... (is) my: yâd-e to-am munes = your memory is my companion dictionary | |
| گوشهٔ | gushe | corner dictionary |
| dâyere-ye | circle of dictionary | |
| قسمت | ghesmat | fate, share dictionary |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| نقطهٔ | noghte | point; noghte-ye binesh = pupil of the eye dictionary |
| taslimim | we are (the point) of surrender dictionary | |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| ân che | what, whatever dictionary | |
| andishi | you think, intend dictionary | |
| hokm | command, control dictionary | |
| farmâyi | you command, decree dictionary | |
| فکر | fekr | thought dictionary |
| khod | oneself, one's own dictionary | |
| rendi | free-spirited life of the "rend" (a rogue who scorns hypocrisy) dictionary | |
| کفر | kofr | unbelief dictionary |
| مذهب | mazhab | creed, religion dictionary |
| مینا | minâ | enamel, blue glass: gonbad-e minâ = the blue dome of the sky dictionary |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| hall | solving dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| مشکل | moshkel | problem, difficulty dictionary |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| shâdi-at | your joy dictionary | |
| مبارک | mobârak | blessed, happy (eyd mobârak = happy Eid) dictionary |
| bâd | may it be (باشد) dictionary | |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| sheydâyi | a lovesick, love-crazed person dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 493. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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