Ghazal 85 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
Something you wanted slipped by before you could fully enjoy it. Tradition reads this fal as a gentle lesson: do not wait for a perfect moment to speak, visit, or say what you feel. Look kindly on the chances in front of you now and take them with an open heart, so that the next good thing does not pass you by.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -im o beraft (nachashidim o beraft, nadidim o beraft...). qâfiye: -id- (nachashidim, nadidim, narasidim, damidim, kharidim, nachamidim, narasidim).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| sharbati | a sip of sweet drink dictionary | |
| لب | lab | lip dictionary |
| لعلش | la'lash | his/her ruby (lips) dictionary |
| نچشیدیم | nachashidim | we did not taste dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| beraft | went away (رفت) dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| مه | mah | moon (= mâh) (ماه) |
| پیکر | peykar | body, figure dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| ندیدیم | nadidim | we did not see dictionary |
| gu'i | you would say, it seems dictionary | |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| نیک | nik | very, thoroughly dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| âmade | come; jân bar lab âmade = soul at the lips (about to die) dictionary | |
| bud | was; âmade bud = had come dictionary | |
| bâr | load, baggage; bâr bastan = to pack up and leave dictionary | |
| گردش | gardash | his/her dust (the dust of departure) dictionary |
| نرسیدیم | narasidim | we did not reach dictionary |
| bas | much, many dictionary | |
| فاتحه | fâtehe | the Fatiha, opening chapter of the Quran dictionary |
| khândim | we recited dictionary | |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| پیاش | peyash | after him/her dictionary |
| damidim | we breathed (a prayer upon) dictionary | |
| eshve | flirting, coaxing; eshve dâdan = to deceive with charm; eshve kharidan = to be taken in dictionary | |
| dâdand | (they) gave dictionary | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| gozari | a passing by dictionary | |
| khâhi | you will; khâhi kard = you will do dictionary | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| didi | you saw dictionary | |
| چنین | chenin | such, so dictionary |
| kharidim | we bought, fell for dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| چمن | chaman | meadow, lawn dictionary |
| hosn | beauty dictionary | |
| لطافت | letâfat | delicacy, grace dictionary |
| لیکن | likan | but (ولی) |
| گلستان | golestân | rose garden dictionary |
| وصالش | vesâlash | union with him/her dictionary |
| همچو | hamcho | like (مثل) |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| ناله | nâle | moan, lament dictionary |
| zâri | weeping, lament dictionary | |
| کردیم | kardim | we did dictionary |
| k-ey | that, O... (= ke ey) (که ای) | |
| daryghâ | alas! dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 85. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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