Ghazal 62 of Hafez (8 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
مرحبا ای پیکِ مشتاقان بده پیغامِ دوستتا کُنم جان از سرِ رغبت فدای نامِ دوست
marhabâ ey peyk-e moshtâghân bede peyghâm-e dust / tâ konam jân az sar-e raghbat fadâ-ye nâm-e dust
Welcome, messenger of those who long! Give me the beloved's message, so that I may gladly give my life for the beloved's name.
COUPLET 2
واله و شیداست دایم همچو بلبل در قفسطوطی طبعم ز عشقِ شِکَّر و بادامِ دوست
vâleh o sheydâ-st dâyem hamcho bolbol dar ghafas / tuti-ye tab'am ze eshgh-e shekkar o bâdâm-e dust
Like a nightingale in a cage, the parrot of my nature is always dazed and lovesick for the beloved's sugar and almonds.
COUPLET 3
زلفِ او دام است و خالش دانهٔ آن دام و منبر امیدِ دانه‌ای افتاده‌ام در دامِ دوست
zolf-e u dâm ast o khâlash dâne-ye ân dâm o man / bar omid-e dâne'i oftâde'am dar dâm-e dust
That curl is a trap and that mole the grain in the trap; hoping for a grain, I have fallen into the beloved's trap.
COUPLET 4
سر ز مستی برنگیرد تا به صبحِ روزِ حشرهر که چون من در ازل یک جرعه خورد از جامِ دوست
sar ze masti bar nagirad tâ be sobh-e ruz-e hashr / har ke chon man dar azal yek jor'e khord az jâm-e dust
Whoever, like me, drank a single sip from the beloved's cup before time began will not lift his head from drunkenness until the morning of Judgment Day.
COUPLET 5
بس نگویم شِمِّه‌ای از شرحِ شوقِ خود از آنکدردسر باشد نمودن بیش از این ابرامِ دوست
bas nagu'am shemme'i az sharh-e showgh-e khod az ânk / dardesar bâshad nemudan bish az in ebrâm-e dust
I will say no more, not even a little, of my longing, because pressing the beloved further would only be a nuisance.
COUPLET 6
گر دهد دستم کشم در دیده همچون توتیاخاک راهی کـ‌آن مشرف گردد از اَقدامِ دوست
gar dahad dastam kesham dar dide hamchon tutiyâ / khâk-e râhi k-ân mosharraf gardad az aghdâm-e dust
If I get the chance, I will draw into my eyes like kohl the dust of a road that is honored by the beloved's footsteps.
COUPLET 7
میل من سویِ وصال و قصد او سویِ فراقتَرکِ کامِ خود گرفتم تا برآید کامِ دوست
meyl-e man su-ye vesâl o ghasd-e u su-ye ferâgh / tark-e kâm-e khod gereftam tâ bar âyad kâm-e dust
My desire leans toward union, and that one's aim toward separation; I have given up my own wish so that the beloved's wish may be fulfilled.
COUPLET 8
حافظ اندر دَردِ او می‌سوز و بی‌درمان بساززان که درمانی ندارد دَردِ بی‌آرامِ دوست
Hâfez andar dard-e u misuz o bi-darmân besâz / z-ân ke darmâni nadârad dard-e bi-ârâm-e dust
Hafez, keep burning in this pain and bear it without a cure, for the restless pain the beloved gives has no remedy.
What this fâl tells you
News from someone dear is welcome, and your devotion is strong. Tradition reads this fal as advice to put the other person's wishes before your own for a while, and not to press too hard. Patience in longing is part of love; what is meant for you will come.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: dust ("the beloved"). qâfiye: -âm (peyghâm, nâm, bâdâm, dâm, jâm, ebrâm, aghdâm, kâm, ârâm). Shekkar o bâdâm (sugar and almonds) stand for the beloved's lips and eyes.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مرحبا | marhabâ | welcome! (Arabic) dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| پیک | peyk-e | messenger of dictionary |
| مشتاقان | moshtâghân | those who long, lovers dictionary |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| پیغام | peyghâm | message dictionary |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| کنم | konam | I make, I do dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| sheydâ-st | is lovesick, mad with love dictionary | |
| dâyem | always (دائم) | |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| bolbol | nightingale dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| قفس | ghafas | cage dictionary |
| tab'am | my nature, my poetic talent dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| shekar | sugar dictionary | |
| bâdâm | almond (image for the eye) dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| dâm | trap, net dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| khâlash | his mole dictionary | |
| dâne | seed, grain; bead dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| omid | hope dictionary | |
| dâne'i | a grain dictionary | |
| oftâde'am | I have fallen dictionary | |
| masti | intoxication dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sobh | morning dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| jor'e | sip, mouthful dictionary | |
| khord | drank dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| bas | much, many dictionary | |
| نگویم | naguyam | I do not say dictionary |
| sharh-e | account of dictionary | |
| showgh | longing, eagerness dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| ânk | that (= ân ke); az ânk = because (آنکه) | |
| dardesar | nuisance, trouble (lit. headache) dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| نمودن | nemudan | showing, making dictionary |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| dahad | gives, may give dictionary | |
| dastam | my hand; az dast raftan = to slip out of one's control dictionary | |
| کشم | kesham | I draw (into the eye, like kohl) dictionary |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| همچون | hamchon | like (مثل) |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| گردد | gardad | becomes (بشود) dictionary |
| aghdâm | footsteps dictionary | |
| میل | meyl | desire, appetite dictionary |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| وصال | vesâl | union with the beloved dictionary |
| قصد | ghasd | intent; ghasd kardan = to head for dictionary |
| tark | giving up; tark gereftan = to give up dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
| گرفتم | gereftam | I took up; tark-e chizi gereftan = to give something up dictionary |
| bar âyad | rises; comes true; comes out (برمی‌آید) | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| می‌سوز | misuz | keep burning! (بسوز) dictionary |
| besâz | make do! bear it! (تحمل کن) dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| darmâni | any cure dictionary | |
| ندارد | nadârad | does not have dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 62. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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