Ghazal 92 of Hafez (7 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
میرِ من خوش می‌روی کاندر سر و پا میرمتخوش خرامان شو که پیشِ قدِ رعنا میرمت
mir-e man khosh miravi k-andar sar o pâ miramat / khosh kharâmân sho ke pish-e ghadd-e ra'nâ miramat
My lord, you walk so beautifully that I would die for you from head to foot. Stroll gracefully, for I would die before your slender figure.
COUPLET 2
گفته بودی کی بمیری پیشِ من، تعجیل چیست؟خوش تقاضا می‌کنی پیشِ تقاضا میرمت
gofte budi key bemiri pish-e man ta'jil chist / khosh taghâzâ mikoni pish-e taghâzâ miramat
You had asked, "When will you die before me? Why the hurry?" What a sweet demand you make! I would die before that demand.
COUPLET 3
عاشق و مخمور و مهجورم بتِ ساقی کجاست؟گو که بِخرامَد که پیشِ سرو بالا میرمت
âshegh o makhmur o mahjuram bot-e sâghi kojâ-st / gu ke bekharâmad ke pish-e sarv-bâlâ miramat
I am in love, hungover and abandoned. Where is my idol of a cupbearer? Tell the beloved to come strolling, so I may die before that cypress-tall figure.
COUPLET 4
آن که عمری شد که تا بیمارم از سودایِ اوگو نگاهی کن که پیشِ چشمِ شهلا میرمت
ân ke omri shod ke tâ bimâram az sowdâ-ye u / gu negâhi kon ke pish-e cheshm-e shahlâ miramat
The one whose passion has kept me ill for a lifetime: tell that one to cast me a glance, for I would die before those dark-blue eyes.
COUPLET 5
گفته‌ای لعلِ لبم هم درد بخشد هم دواگاه پیش درد و گَه پیش مداوا میرمت
gofte'i la'l-e labam ham dard bakhshad ham davâ / gâh pish-e dard o gah pish-e modâvâ miramat
You have said, "My ruby lips give both pain and cure." Sometimes I would die before the pain, and sometimes before the cure.
COUPLET 6
خوش خِرامان می‌روی چشمِ بد از رویِ تو دوردارم اندر سر خیالِ آن که در پا میرمت
khosh kharâmân miravi cheshm-e bad az ru-ye to dur / dâram andar sar khiyâl-e ân ke dar pâ miramat
You go strolling so beautifully; may the evil eye stay far from your face! I have in my head the thought of dying at your feet.
COUPLET 7
گرچه جایِ حافظ اندر خلوتِ وصلِ تو نیستای همه جایِ تو خوَش، پیشِ همه جا میرمت
garche jâ-ye Hâfez andar khalvat-e vasl-e to nist / ey hame jâ-ye to khosh pish-e hame jâ miramat
Though there is no place for Hafez in the private room of union with you, O you who make every place pleasant, I would die for you anywhere.
What this fâl tells you
Your devotion is wholehearted, and tradition reads this fal as a sign that it will be noticed. Be patient: the one you admire may be slow to answer, but a single kind glance will come. Keep your love sincere and modest, and protect what is precious to you from envious eyes.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: miramat. qâfiye: -â (pâ, ra'nâ, taghâzâ, bâlâ, shahlâ, modâvâ, pâ, jâ).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| khosh | well, sweetly; pleasant dictionary | |
| miravi | you go dictionary | |
| کاندر | k-andar | for in (= ke andar) (که در) |
| sar | head dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| پا | pâ | foot dictionary |
| میرمت | miramat | I die for you (a phrase of devotion) dictionary |
| kharâmân | strolling gracefully dictionary | |
| sho | become! be! (بشو) dictionary | |
| پیش | pish | before, in front of dictionary |
| گفته | gofte | said; gofte budi = you had said dictionary |
| budi | would be (wish form) dictionary | |
| bemiri | you will die dictionary | |
| ta'jil | haste, hurry dictionary | |
| taghâzâ | demand, request dictionary | |
| mikoni | you do dictionary | |
| âshegh | lover dictionary | |
| bot | idol; the beautiful beloved dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| bekharâmad | stroll! let (the beloved) stroll dictionary | |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| bâlâ | stature; sahi-bâlâ = straight and tall (قامت) dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| omri | a lifetime; omri shod = it has been a lifetime dictionary | |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| bimâram | I am ill dictionary | |
| sodâ-ye | passion, longing for dictionary | |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| negâhi | a glance dictionary | |
| کن | kon | do! make! (imperative of kardan) dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| gofte'i | you have said dictionary | |
| لعل | la'l | ruby; lab-e la'l = ruby lips dictionary |
| لبم | labam | my lip dictionary |
| هم | ham | also, too dictionary |
| dard | pain dictionary | |
| bakhshad | grants, gives dictionary | |
| davâ | medicine, cure dictionary | |
| گاه | gâh | sometimes dictionary |
| گه | gah | sometimes (= gâh) (گاه) |
| مداوا | modâvâ | treatment, cure dictionary |
| bad | bad dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| dur | far; cheshm-e bad dur = may the evil eye stay away dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| andar | in (= dar) (در) | |
| khiyâl | fancy, notion dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| گرچه | garche | although dictionary |
| jâ-ye | place of; be jâ-ye = toward, for (someone) (در حق) dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| khalvat | private room, solitude dictionary | |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| همه | hame | all, whole dictionary |
| jâ | place dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 92. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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