Ghazal 8 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
ساقیا برخیز و دَردِه جام راخاک بر سر کن غمِ ایّام را
sâghiyâ barkhiz o dardeh jâm râ / khâk bar sar kon gham-e ayyâm râ
Cupbearer, get up and pass the cup around; throw dust on the head of the world's sorrow.
COUPLET 2
ساغرِ مِی بر کَفَم نِه تا ز بَربَرکِشَم این دلقِ اَزرَق‌فام را
sâghar-e mey bar kafam neh tâ ze bar / barkesham in dalgh-e azragh-fâm râ
Put a goblet of wine in my hand, so I can pull this blue patched robe off my body.
COUPLET 3
گرچه بدنامی‌ست نزد عاقلانما نمی‌خواهیم ننگ و نام را
garche bad-nâmi-st nazd-e âghelân / mâ nemikhâhim nang o nâm râ
Though the wise think it is disgraceful, we do not want reputation and good name.
COUPLET 4
باده دَردِه چند از این بادِ غرورخاک بر سر، نفسِ نافرجام را
bâde dardeh chand az in bâd-e ghorur / khâk bar sar nafs-e nâ-farjâm râ
Pour the wine: how long this wind of pride? Dust on the head of the ill-fated ego!
COUPLET 5
دودِ آهِ سینهٔ نالانِ منسوخت این افسردگانِ خام را
dud-e âh-e sine-ye nâlân-e man / sukht in afsordegân-e khâm râ
The smoke of sighs from my groaning chest burned up these cold, raw ones.
COUPLET 6
محرمِ رازِ دلِ شیدایِ خودکس نمی‌بینم ز خاص و عام را
mahram-e râz-e del-e sheydâ-ye khod / kas nemibinam ze khâs o âm râ
Among both the elite and the common people, I see no one to trust with the secret of my lovesick heart.
COUPLET 7
با دلارامی مرا خاطر خوش استکز دلم یک باره بُرد آرام را
bâ del-ârâmi marâ khâter khosh ast / k-az delam yekbâre bord ârâm râ
My mind is happy with a heart-soothing beloved who all at once took all the calm from my heart.
COUPLET 8
ننگرد دیگر به سرو اندر چمنهرکه دید آن سروِ سیم‌اندام را
nanegarad digar be sarv andar chaman / har ke did ân sarv-e sim-andâm râ
Whoever has seen that cypress with a silver body will never again look at the cypress in the meadow.
COUPLET 9
صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شبعاقبت روزی بیابی کام را
sabr kon Hâfez be sakhti ruz o shab / âghebat ruzi biyâbi kâm râ
Be patient, Hafez, through hardship day and night: in the end, one day, you will find your heart's desire.
What this fâl tells you
Set down the heavy cloak of worry and pride and do not let other people's opinion rule you. Tradition reads this fal as a call for patience: the road has been hard, but the ghazal promises that one day you will reach what you long for. Keep your secret with yourself until the right person appears.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: râ. qâfiye: -âm (jâm, ayyâm, fâm, nâm, farjâm, khâm, âm, ârâm, andâm, kâm).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sâghiyâ | O cupbearer (sâghi + vocative -â) dictionary | |
| barkhiz | rise! get up! dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| dardeh | pass round, pour! (بده) dictionary | |
| jâm | cup dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| ayyâm | days, times dictionary | |
| sâghar | cup dictionary | |
| mey | wine (شراب) dictionary | |
| کفم | kafam | my palm, my hand dictionary |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| نزد | nazd | in the view of, near dictionary |
| âghelân | the sensible, the wise dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| نمی‌خواهیم | nemikhâhim | we do not want dictionary |
| ننگ | nang | shame, disgrace; nang o nâm = reputation dictionary |
| نام | nâm | name, fame dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| چند | chand | har chand = although, however much dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| ghorur | pride dictionary | |
| dud | smoke dictionary | |
| sine | chest dictionary | |
| نالان | nâlân | groaning, lamenting dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| sukht | burned dictionary | |
| afsordegân | the frozen, cold-hearted ones dictionary | |
| khâm | raw, immature, inexperienced dictionary | |
| râz | secret dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| sheydâ-ye | lovesick, madly in love dictionary | |
| khod | self; here "and indeed, after all" dictionary | |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| نمی‌بینم | nemibinam | I do not see dictionary |
| âm | common people dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| del-ârâmi | a heart-soothing beloved dictionary | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| khâter | mind, heart dictionary | |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| delam | my heart dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| bord | took away dictionary | |
| ننگرد | nanegarad | does not look dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| sabr | patience dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| sakhti | hardship dictionary | |
| ruz | day dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| âghebat | end, outcome dictionary | |
| biyâbi | you find dictionary | |
| کام | kâm | wish, desire; be kâm = as one wishes dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 8. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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