Ghazal 75 of Hafez (6 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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What this fâl tells you
Small signs around you carry real meaning; nothing that is happening is by chance. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that a feeling you are hiding is visible to others, and that what has been building quietly for a long time is about to show itself. Trust your intuition, and let the breeze bring its news.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: bi chizi nist. qâfiye: -ân (fattân/parishân, namakdân, mozhgân, afghân, garibân, geryân). "bi chizi nist" = "is not for nothing, there is something behind it".
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| khâb | sleep dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| to | you dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| tâb | twist, curl dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| پریشان | parishân | tousled, scattered dictionary |
| لبت | labat | your lips dictionary |
| shir | milk dictionary | |
| bud | was dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| میگفتم | migoftam | I used to say dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| shekar | sugar dictionary | |
| نمکدان | namakdân | salt-cellar; here the beloved's witty mouth dictionary |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| bâdâ | may it be! dictionary | |
| یقین | yaghin | certainty; certainly dictionary |
| میدانم | midânam | I know dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| مژگان | mozhgân | eyelashes dictionary |
| mobtalâyi | you are afflicted, caught dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| محنت | mehnat | hardship, suffering dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| anduh | sorrow dictionary | |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| ناله | nâle | moaning, lament dictionary |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| کویش | kuyash | the beloved's street dictionary |
| گلستان | golestân | rose garden dictionary |
| bogzasht | passed (گذشت) dictionary | |
| گل | gol | rose; flower dictionary |
| چاک | châk | tear, slit dictionary |
| گریبان | garibân | collar; châk-e garibân = torn collar (sign of grief; an opening rosebud) dictionary |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| khalgh | people dictionary | |
| نهان | nahân | hidden (پنهان) dictionary |
| میدارد | midârad | keeps (hidden) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| گریان | geryân | weeping dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 75. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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