Ghazal 91 of Hafez (10 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
ای غایب از نظر به خدا می‌سپارمتجانم بسوختی و به دل دوست دارمت
ey ghâyeb az nazar be khodâ misepâramat / jânam besukhti o be del dust dâramat
O you who are absent from my sight, I entrust you to God. You have burned my soul, and still I love you with all my heart.
COUPLET 2
تا دامنِ کفن نکشم زیرِ پایِ خاکباور مکن که دست ز دامن بدارمت
tâ dâman-e kafan nakesham zir-e pây-e khâk / bâvar makon ke dast ze dâman bedâramat
Until I drag the hem of my shroud under the dust, do not believe that I will let go of your hem.
COUPLET 3
محرابِ ابرویت بنما تا سحرگهیدستِ دعا برآرم و در گردن آرمت
mehrâb-e abruyat benamâ tâ saharghahi / dast-e do'â bar âram o dar gardan âramat
Show me the prayer niche of your eyebrows, so that one dawn I may raise my hands in prayer and put them around your neck.
COUPLET 4
گر بایدم شدن سویِ هاروتِ بابلیصد گونه جادویی بکنم تا بیارمت
gar bâyadam shodan su-ye hârut-e bâbeli / sad gune jâduyi bekonam tâ biyâramat
Even if I must go to Harut, the sorcerer of Babylon, I will work a hundred kinds of magic to bring you here.
COUPLET 5
خواهم که پیش میرمت ای بی‌وفا طبیببیمار باز پرس که در انتظارمت
khâham ke pish miramat ey bivafâ tabib / bimâr bâz pors ke dar entezâramat
I want to die before you, faithless doctor: come and ask after your patient, for I am waiting for you.
COUPLET 6
صد جوی آب بسته‌ام از دیده بر کناربر بویِ تخمِ مِهر که در دل بکارمت
sad ju-ye âb baste-am az dide bar kenâr / bar bu-ye tokhm-e mehr ke dar del bekâramat
I have made a hundred streams flow from my eyes into my lap, in the hope of planting in my heart the seed of your love.
COUPLET 7
خونم بریخت وز غمِ عشقم خلاص دادمِنّت پذیرِ غمزهٔ خنجر گذارمت
khunam berikht v-az gham-e eshgham khalâs dâd / mennat-pazir-e ghamze-ye khanjar-gozâramat
Your glance spilled my blood and freed me from the sorrow of love; I am grateful to your dagger-striking glance.
COUPLET 8
می‌گریم و مرادم از این سیلِ اشک‌بارتخمِ محبّت است که در دل بکارمت
migeryam o morâdam az in seyl-e ashkbâr / tokhm-e mohabbat ast ke dar del bekâramat
I weep, and what I want from this flood of tears is to plant in my heart the seed of love for you.
COUPLET 9
بارم ده از کرم سویِ خود تا به سوزِ دلدر پای دم‌به‌دم گهر از دیده بارمت
bâram deh az karam su-ye khod tâ be suz-e del / dar pây dam be dam gohar az dide bâramat
Out of generosity, let me into your presence, so that with a burning heart I may shower pearls from my eyes at your feet, moment by moment.
COUPLET 10
حافظ شراب و شاهد و رندی نه وضعِ توستفِی‌الجمله می‌کنی و فرو می‌گذارمت
Hâfez sharâb o shâhed o rendi na vaz'-e to-st / fel-jomle mikoni o forow migozâramat
Hafez, wine and beauties and roguery are not your way; but, all in all, you do them, and I let it pass.
What this fâl tells you
Someone dear to you is far away, and you are asked to entrust them to God while keeping your love faithful. Tradition reads this fal as a sign that sincere longing and patient effort will bring you closer to what you wish for. Plant seeds of kindness now; they will grow.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -amat (misepâramat, dâramat...). qâfiye: -âr (sepâr, dâr, dâr, âr, yâr, entezâr, kâr, gozâr, kâr, bâr, gozâr).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| ghâyeb | absent dictionary | |
| نظر | nazar | sight; ahl-e nazar = people of insight, connoisseurs of beauty dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| khodâ | God; khodâ râ = for God's sake dictionary | |
| می‌سپارمت | misepâramat | I entrust you dictionary |
| jânam | my soul dictionary | |
| besukhti | you burned dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| dust | friend; (in Hafez) the beloved, or God dictionary | |
| dâramat | I hold you; dust dâramat = I love you dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| کفن | kafan | shroud dictionary |
| نکشم | nakesham | I do not drag dictionary |
| zir | under dictionary | |
| پای | pâ | foot; zir-e pâ-ye khâk = under the dust; dar pâ = at (your) feet dictionary |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| bâvar | belief; bâvar kardan = to believe dictionary | |
| مکن | makon | do not do! (نکن) dictionary |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| bedâramat | I take my hand (from) you, let you go dictionary | |
| محراب | mehrâb-e | prayer niche of dictionary |
| abruyat | your eyebrow dictionary | |
| benamâ | show! (نشان بده) dictionary | |
| saharghahi | of dawn (سحرگاهی) | |
| do'â | prayer, blessing dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| گردن | gardan | neck dictionary |
| âramat | I bring (them) to you; dar gardan âvardan = to put around the neck dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| shodan | to go (classical sense) (رفتن) dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| گونه | gune | kind, sort dictionary |
| jâduyi | a sorcery dictionary | |
| bekonam | I will do dictionary | |
| biyâramat | I bring you dictionary | |
| khâham | I will (future auxiliary) dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | before, in front of dictionary |
| میرمت | miramat | I die for you, before you dictionary |
| bivafâ | faithless dictionary | |
| tabib | doctor (پزشک) dictionary | |
| bimâr | ill dictionary | |
| bâz | again; bâz porsidan = to visit the sick, ask after dictionary | |
| پرس | pors | ask! (= bepors) (بپرس) dictionary |
| entezâramat | (I am) waiting for you dictionary | |
| ju | stream (جوی) | |
| âb | water; stream dictionary | |
| baste-am | I have made (streams) flow, set up dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| bar | on, upon dictionary | |
| کنار | kenâr | lap; bar kenâr = in one's lap dictionary |
| bu | scent; bar bu-ye = in the hope of dictionary | |
| tokhm | seed dictionary | |
| مهر | mehr | love, kindness dictionary |
| bekâramat | I plant (it) for you dictionary | |
| khunam | my blood dictionary | |
| berikht | spilled, poured out dictionary | |
| وز | v-az | and from (= va az) (و از) |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| dâd | gave dictionary | |
| پذیر | pazir | accepting; mennat-pazir = grateful dictionary |
| khanjar | dagger dictionary | |
| گذارمت | gozâramat | (your dagger-)striking (glance) I am (grateful to) dictionary |
| می‌گریم | migeryam | I weep dictionary |
| مرادم | morâdam | my desire, my goal dictionary |
| in | this dictionary | |
| seyl | flood dictionary | |
| محبت | mohabbat | love, affection dictionary |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| bâram | admission for me (bâr = audience at court); bâr dâdan = to admit dictionary | |
| deh | give! (= bedeh) (بده) dictionary | |
| khod | yourself dictionary | |
| suz | burning dictionary | |
| گهر | gohar | pearl, jewel (here tears) (گوهر) |
| bâramat | I rain (them) for you dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| shâhed | beauty, the beloved (classical sense) dictionary | |
| rendi | free-spirited life of the "rend" (a rogue who scorns hypocrisy) dictionary | |
| نه | na | not, no dictionary |
| وضع | vaz' | manner, way dictionary |
| tu-st | is (fold upon) fold dictionary | |
| mikoni | you do dictionary | |
| می‌گذارمت | migozâramat | I let it go for you (forow gozâshtan = to overlook) dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 91. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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