Ghazal 74 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
حاصلِ کارگه کون و مکان این همه نیستباده پیش آر که اسبابِ جهان این همه نیست
hâsel-e kârgah-e kown o makân in hame nist / bâde pish âr ke asbâb-e jahân in hame nist
What the workshop of being and place produces is not worth all that; bring the wine, for the goods of this world are not worth all that.
COUPLET 2
از دل و جان شرفِ صحبتِ جانان غرض استغرض این است، وگرنه دل و جان این همه نیست
az del o jân sharaf-e sohbat-e jânân gharaz ast / gharaz in ast vagarna del o jân in hame nist
The point of heart and soul is the honor of the beloved's company. That is the point; otherwise heart and soul are not worth much.
COUPLET 3
مِنَّتِ سِدره و طوبی ز پیِ سایه مکشکه چو خوش بنگری ای سروِ روان، این همه نیست
mennat-e sedre o tubâ ze pey-e sâye makesh / ke cho khosh bengari ey sarv-e ravân in hame nist
O walking cypress, do not owe a debt to the Lote Tree and the Tuba Tree of paradise just for their shade; look closely, and they are not worth all that.
COUPLET 4
دولت آن است که بی خونِ دل آید به کنارور نه با سعی و عمل باغِ جَنان این همه نیست
dowlat ân ast ke bi khun-e del âyad be kenâr / var na bâ sa'y o amal bâgh-e jenân in hame nist
True fortune is what comes into your arms without heartache; otherwise, the garden of paradise earned by effort and deeds is not worth so much.
COUPLET 5
پنج روزی که در این مرحله مهلت داریخوش بیاسای زمانی که زمان این همه نیست
panj ruzi ke dar in marhale mohlat dâri / khosh biyâsây zamâni ke zamân in hame nist
In the five days of respite you have at this stage of the road, rest happily for a while, for time is not so long.
COUPLET 6
بر لبِ بحرِ فنا منتظریم ای ساقیفرصتی دان که ز لب تا به دهان این همه نیست
bar lab-e bahr-e fanâ montazerim ey sâghi / forsati dân ke ze lab tâ be dahân in hame nist
Cupbearer, we are waiting on the shore of the sea of passing away. Take the chance: the distance from lip to mouth is not so great.
COUPLET 7
زاهد ایمن مشو از بازیِ غیرت، زنهارکه ره از صومعه تا دیرِ مغان این همه نیست
zâhed ayman masho az bâzi-ye gheyrat zenhâr / ke rah az sowme'e tâ deyr-e moghân in hame nist
Ascetic, take care, do not feel safe from the tricks of love's jealousy: the road from the cloister to the tavern of the Magi is not long.
COUPLET 8
دردمندیِّ منِ سوختهٔ زار و نَزارظاهرا حاجتِ تقریر و بیان این همه نیست
dardmandi-ye man-e sukhte-ye zâr o nezâr / zâheran hâjat-e taghrir o bayân in hame nist
The suffering of burnt-out, weeping, wasted me, it seems, hardly needs to be explained and described.
COUPLET 9
نام حافظ رقمِ نیک پذیرفت ولیپیش رندان رقمِ سود و زیان این همه نیست
nâm-e Hâfez ragham-e nik paziroft vali / pish-e rendân ragham-e sud o ziyân in hame nist
Hafez's name has been written down as a good one; but for the free spirits, the record of profit and loss does not matter so much.
What this fâl tells you
Do not wear yourself out for things that are smaller than they look. Tradition reads this fal as an invitation to enjoy the time you have now and to value good company above possessions and status. What is truly meant for you will come without heartache.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: in hame nist. qâfiye: -ân (makân/jahân, jân, ravân, jenân, zamân, dahân, moghân, bayân, ziyân). "in hame nist" means "is not worth all that, is not so much".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| hâsel | achieved, obtained dictionary | |
| کارگه | kârgah | workshop (= kârgâh) (کارگاه) |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| مکان | makân | place dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | in the eyes of, for dictionary |
| âr | bring! dar amal âr = put into practice (بیاور) dictionary | |
| asbâb | means, things needed dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| sharaf | honor dictionary | |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| jânân | the beloved (معشوق) | |
| gharaz | aim, purpose dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| وگرنه | vagarna | otherwise dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| پی | pey | after; pey-e kâri gereftan = to go off about some business dictionary |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| مکش | makesh | do not bear! (نکش) dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| bengari | you look, you see dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| bi | without dictionary | |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| âyad | comes, will come (می‌آید) dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| کنار | kenâr | embrace; be kenâr âmadan = to come into one's arms dictionary |
| ور | var | and if (= va agar) (و اگر) |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| sa'y | effort dictionary | |
| amal | action, practice dictionary | |
| bâgh | garden dictionary | |
| ruzi | a day; panj ruzi = a few days, this short life dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| مرحله | marhale | stage of a journey; here this world dictionary |
| مهلت | mohlat | respite, time allowed dictionary |
| dâri | you have dictionary | |
| biyâsây | rest! (استراحت کن) dictionary | |
| zamâni | for a while dictionary | |
| zamân | time dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip; shore, edge dictionary |
| bahr | sea (دریا) dictionary | |
| فنا | fanâ | mortality, passing away dictionary |
| منتظریم | montazerim | we are waiting dictionary |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| forsati | a chance dictionary | |
| dân | know! consider! (بدان) dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| dahân | mouth dictionary | |
| zâhed | ascetic, outwardly pious man dictionary | |
| مشو | masho | do not be, do not become (نشو) dictionary |
| bâzi | game; trick dictionary | |
| gheyrat | jealousy (of love); zeal dictionary | |
| zenhâr | be sure! take care! dictionary | |
| rah | road, way (short for râh) (راه) | |
| sowme'e | cloister, hermitage (place of formal piety) dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| sukhte | burnt; heartbroken dictionary | |
| zâr | weeping, miserable dictionary | |
| hâjat | need (نیاز) | |
| taghrir | explaining, stating dictionary | |
| bayân | description, expression dictionary | |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ragham | writing, mark dictionary | |
| نیک | nik | very, thoroughly dictionary |
| پذیرفت | paziroft | accepted, received dictionary |
| vali | but dictionary | |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| sud | profit, gain dictionary | |
| ziyân | loss dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 74. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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