Ghazal 82 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
آن تُرکِ پَری چِهره که دوش اَز بَرِ ما رَفتآیا چه خطا دید که اَز راهِ خطا رَفت؟
ân tork-e pari-chehre ke dush az bar-e mâ raft / âyâ che khatâ did ke az râh-e khatâ raft
That fairy-faced Turk who left my side last night: what fault did the beloved see, to go off down the road of Cathay?
COUPLET 2
تا رَفت مَرا اَز نَظَر آن چَشمِ جَهان‌بینکَس واقفِ ما نیست که اَز دیده چه‌ها رَفت
tâ raft marâ az nazar ân cheshm-e jahân-bin / kas vâghef-e mâ nist ke az dide che-hâ raft
Since that world-seeing eye left my sight, no one knows what has flowed from my eyes.
COUPLET 3
بَر شَمع نرفت اَز گُذرِ آتشِ دل، دوشآن دود که اَز سوزِ جِگر بَر سَر ما رَفت
bar sham' naraft az gozar-e âtash-e del dush / ân dud ke az suz-e jegar bar sar-e mâ raft
Even the candle, from the fire in its heart, did not suffer last night the smoke that rose over my head from my burning grief.
COUPLET 4
دور اَز رُخِ تو دَم به دَم از گوشهٔ چَشمَمسیلابِ سِرشک آمَد و طوفانِ بَلا رَفت
dur az rokh-e to dam be dam az gushe-ye cheshmam / seylâb-e sereshk âmad o tufân-e balâ raft
Far from your face, moment after moment, a flood of tears came from the corner of my eye and a storm of misery poured out.
COUPLET 5
از پای فُتادیم چو آمَد غَمِ هجراندَر دَرد بِمُردیم چو اَز دَست دَوا رَفت
az pây fotâdim cho âmad gham-e hejrân / dar dard bemordim cho az dast davâ raft
When the grief of separation came, I fell to the ground; when the cure slipped from my hands, I died in pain.
COUPLET 6
دل گفت وِصالَش به دُعا باز تَوان یافتعُمریست که عُمرَم همه دَر کارِ دُعا رَفت
del goft vesâlash be do'â bâz tavân yâft / omri-st ke omram hame dar kâr-e do'â raft
My heart said union can be found again through prayer; my whole life has gone in praying for a lifetime now.
COUPLET 7
اِحرام چه بَندیم؟ چو آن قبله نه این جاستدَر سَعی چه کوشیم؟ چو از مَروه صَفا رَفت
ehrâm che bandim cho ân gheble na injâ-st / dar sa'y che kushim cho az marve safâ raft
Why put on the pilgrim's robe when that qibla is not here? Why strive in the ritual run when Safa has left Marwa?
COUPLET 8
دی گفت طبیب اَز سَرِ حَسرت چو مَرا دیدهِیهات که رَنجِ تو زِ قانونِ شَفا رَفت
di goft tabib az sar-e hasrat cho marâ did / heyhât ke ranj-e to ze ghânun-e shefâ raft
Yesterday, when the doctor saw me, he said with regret, "Alas, your illness is beyond the Canon of healing."
COUPLET 9
ای دوست به پُرسیدنِ حافظ قَدَمی نِهزان پیش که گویند که اَز دارِ فَنا رَفت
ey dust be porsidan-e Hâfez ghadami neh / z-ân pish ke guyand ke az dâr-e fanâ raft
O friend, take a step to ask after Hafez, before they say he has left this house of mortality.
What this fâl tells you
Someone has stepped away from you, and the distance weighs on your heart. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that patient prayer and a sincere message can still open the way back. If there is someone you have been meaning to visit or call, do it now, while the chance is here.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: raft. qâfiye: -â (khatâ, che-hâ, mâ, balâ, davâ, do'â, safâ, shefâ, fanâ). Puns: khatâ "mistake" and Khatâ "Cathay"; Safâ and Marve, the two hills of the pilgrim's run in Mecca; ghânun and shefâ, the two great medical books of Avicenna.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ân | that dictionary | |
| چهره | chehre | face dictionary |
| dush | last night (دیشب) dictionary | |
| bar | side; az bar-e mâ = from our side dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| raft | went dictionary | |
| âyâ | (question word) whether dictionary | |
| چه | che | what; how much! dictionary |
| khatâ | Cathay (North China, land of the Turks); pun on khatâ "mistake" (ختا) dictionary | |
| did | saw dictionary | |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| مرا | marâ | me; for me (= man râ) (من را / برای من) |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| واقف | vâghef | aware dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| چه‌ها | che-hâ | what things! dictionary |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| نرفت | naraft | did not go dictionary |
| گذر | gozar | passage dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| dud | smoke dictionary | |
| suz | burning dictionary | |
| jegar | liver; khun-e jegar = deep grief dictionary | |
| sar | head; az sar-e hasrat = out of regret dictionary | |
| dur | far dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| گوشهٔ | gushe | corner dictionary |
| چشمم | cheshmam | my eye dictionary |
| sereshk | tears (اشک) dictionary | |
| âmad | came dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| tufân | flood, storm dictionary | |
| balâ | trouble, misfortune dictionary | |
| pâ | foot; az pâ oftâdan = to collapse dictionary | |
| فتادیم | fotâdim | we fell (= oftâdim) (افتادیم) dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| bemordim | we died dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| davâ | medicine, cure dictionary | |
| گفت | goft | say (with natavân: cannot say); said dictionary |
| وصالش | vesâlash | union with him/her dictionary |
| do'â | prayer, blessing dictionary | |
| bâz | again dictionary | |
| tavân | one can dictionary | |
| یافت | yâft | find (with nakhâhi: will not find) (پیدا کرد) dictionary |
| omri-st | it has been a lifetime (= omri ast) dictionary | |
| omram | my life dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| کار | kâr | work; affair, matter dictionary |
| bandim | we tie on dictionary | |
| نه | neh | put! place! (ghadam nehâdan = to step) (بگذار) dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| sa'y | effort; the ritual run between Safa and Marwa in Mecca dictionary | |
| کوشیم | kushim | we strive dictionary |
| safâ | Safa, a hill in Mecca; also purity, joy (pun) dictionary | |
| di | yesterday (دیروز) | |
| tabib | doctor (پزشک) dictionary | |
| ranj | pain, suffering dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| قانون | ghânun | the Canon (Avicenna's medical book); rule dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| پرسیدن | porsidan | asking after (a sick person) dictionary |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| ghadami | a step dictionary | |
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| پیش | pish | before; z-ân pish ke = before dictionary |
| گویند | guyand | (they) say (می‌گویند) dictionary |
| dâr | house, abode; dâr-e fanâ = this passing world dictionary | |
| فنا | fanâ | mortality, passing away dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 82. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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