Ghazal 94 of Hafez (11 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
زآن یارِ دل‌نوازم، شُکری است با شکایتگر نکته‌دانِ عشقی، بشنو تو این حکایت
z-ân yâr-e delnavâzam shokri-st bâ shekâyat / gar nokte-dân-e eshghi beshno to in hekâyat
About that heart-soothing beloved of mine I have thanks mixed with complaint. If you understand the subtleties of love, listen to this story.
COUPLET 2
بی‌مزد بود و مِنَّت، هر خدمتی که کردمیا رب! مباد کس را، مخدومِ بی‌عنایت
bimozd bud o mennat har khedmati ke kardam / yâ rab mabâd kas râ makhdum-e bi-enâyat
Every service I gave went without wages or thanks. O Lord, may no one ever have a master who shows no favor!
COUPLET 3
رندانِ تشنه‌لب را، آبی نمی‌دهد کسگویی ولی‌شناسان، رفتند از این ولایت
rendân-e teshne-lab râ âbi nemidahad kas / gu'i vali-shenâsân raftand az in velâyat
No one gives a drop of water to the thirsty free spirits; it seems those who could recognize a saint have left this land.
COUPLET 4
در زلفِ چون کمندش، ای دل! مپیچ کآن جاسرها بریده بینی، بی‌جرم و بی‌جنایت
dar zolf-e chon kamandash ey del mapich k-ânjâ / sar-hâ boride bini bi jorm o bi jenâyat
O heart, do not get tangled in those lasso-like curls: there you will see heads cut off without fault or crime.
COUPLET 5
چشمت به غمزه ما را، خون خورد و می‌پسندیجانا! روا نباشد، خون‌ریز را حمایت
cheshmat be ghamze mâ râ khun khord o mipasandi / jânâ ravâ nabâshad khunriz râ hemâyat
Your eye drank my blood with its glances, and you approve. My dear, it is not right to protect a killer.
COUPLET 6
در این شبِ سیاهم، گم گشت راهِ مقصوداز گوشه‌ای برون آی، ای کوکبِ هدایت
dar in shab-e siyâham gom gasht râh-e maghsud / az gushe'i borun ây ey kowkab-e hedâyat
In this dark night of mine, the road to my goal is lost. Come out from some corner, O guiding star!
COUPLET 7
از هر طرف که رفتم، جز وحشتم نَیَفزودزِنهار از این بیابان، وین راهِ بی‌نهایت
az har taraf ke raftam joz vahshatam nayafzud / zenhâr az in biyâbân v-in râh-e bi-nahâyat
Whichever way I went, only my fear grew. Beware of this desert and this endless road!
COUPLET 8
ای آفتابِ خوبان! می‌جوشد اندرونمیک ساعتم بِگُنجان، در سایهٔ عنایت
ey âftâb-e khubân mijushad andarunam / yek sâ'atam begonjân dar sâye-ye enâyat
O sun among the beautiful ones, my insides are boiling; for one hour, let me in under the shade of your favor.
COUPLET 9
این راه را نهایت، صورت کجا توان بست؟کِش صد هزار منزل، بیش است در بِدایت
in râh râ nahâyat surat kojâ tavân bast / k-ash sad hezâr manzel bish ast dar bedâyat
How can anyone picture the end of this road, when at its very start there are more than a hundred thousand stages?
COUPLET 10
هر چند بردی آبم روی از درت نتابمجور از حبیب خوش‌تر، کز مُدَّعی رعایت
har chand bordi âbam ru az darat natâbam / jowr az habib khoshtar k-az modda'i re'âyat
Though you have taken away my honor, I will not turn my face from your door: cruelty from the beloved is sweeter than courtesy from a rival.
COUPLET 11
عشقت رِسَد به فریاد، ار خود به سانِ حافظقرآن ز بَر بخوانی، در چاردَه روایت
eshghat resad be faryâd ar khod be sân-e Hâfez / ghor'ân ze bar bekhâni dar chârdah revâyat
Love will come to your rescue, even if, like Hafez, you recite the Quran by heart in all fourteen readings.
What this fâl tells you
You have given much without being thanked, and tradition reads this fal as an acknowledgment of that tiredness. Do not lose heart in the dark: a guiding light will appear from an unexpected corner. Stay loyal to what is truly dear to you, and love itself will come to your aid.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: none. qâfiye: -âyat (shekâyat/hekâyat, enâyat, velâyat, jenâyat, hemâyat, hedâyat, nahâyat, enâyat, bedâyat, re'âyat, revâyat).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| z-ân | from that (= az ân) (از آن) | |
| یار | yâr | beloved; friend dictionary |
| delnavâzam | my heart-soothing (beloved) dictionary | |
| shokri | a thanks dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| bâ | with dictionary | |
| shekâyat | complaint dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| beshno | listen! dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| hekâyat | tale dictionary | |
| bud | was dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| khedmati | a service dictionary | |
| کردم | kardam | I did, I made dictionary |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| مباد | mabâd | may it not be (نباشد) dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| rendân | free spirits, rogues who scorn hypocrisy dictionary | |
| âbi | a drop of water dictionary | |
| نمی‌دهد | nemidahad | does not give dictionary |
| gu'i | you would say, it seems dictionary | |
| raftand | they went dictionary | |
| ولایت | velâyat | province, realm dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| کمندش | kamandash | his/her lasso dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| del | heart dictionary | |
| مپیچ | mapich | do not get tangled! (نپیچ) dictionary |
| کآن | k-ân | for that (= ke ân) (که آن) |
| jâ | place dictionary | |
| sar-hâ | heads dictionary | |
| boride | cut off dictionary | |
| bini | you see dictionary | |
| چشمت | cheshmat | your eye dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| khun | blood dictionary | |
| khord | drank dictionary | |
| mipasandi | you approve dictionary | |
| jânâ | O dear one (jân + vocative -â) (عزیزم) dictionary | |
| ravâ | permitted, allowed dictionary | |
| نباشد | nabâshad | is not, will not be dictionary |
| khunriz | bloodshedder, killer dictionary | |
| hemâyat | protection dictionary | |
| shab | night dictionary | |
| siyâham | my dark (night) dictionary | |
| گشت | gasht | became dictionary |
| râh | way, road dictionary | |
| مقصود | maghsud | goal, what one longs for dictionary |
| gushe'i | a corner dictionary | |
| borun | out (= birun) (بیرون) dictionary | |
| ây | come! (بیا) dictionary | |
| کوکب | kowkab | star; kowkab-e tâle' = star of one's fortune dictionary |
| هدایت | hedâyat | guidance dictionary |
| taraf | side, region dictionary | |
| raftam | I went dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| وحشتم | vahshatam | my fear, dread dictionary |
| نیفزود | nayafzud | did not increase dictionary |
| zenhâr | be sure! take care! dictionary | |
| وین | v-in | and this (= va in) (و این) |
| bi-nahâyat | endless dictionary | |
| âftâb | sun dictionary | |
| khubân | the beautiful ones (زیبارویان) | |
| می‌جوشد | mijushad | boils dictionary |
| andarunam | my insides dictionary | |
| یک | yek | one dictionary |
| sâ'atam | an hour ... me (sâ'at + -am) dictionary | |
| begonjân | fit (me) in! make room for (me)! dictionary | |
| sâye | shade, shadow dictionary | |
| نهایت | nahâyat | end dictionary |
| surat | outward appearance, form dictionary | |
| کجا | kojâ | where; how? (rhetorical) dictionary |
| tavân | one can dictionary | |
| bast | surat bastan = to imagine, picture dictionary | |
| کش | k-ash | who ... him (= ke ash) (که او را) |
| sad | hundred dictionary | |
| هزار | hezâr | thousand; also "nightingale" (hezâr-dastân) dictionary |
| منزل | manzel | stopping place, lodging; house dictionary |
| bish | more; bish nist = is no more than dictionary | |
| چند | chand | har chand = although, however much dictionary |
| bordi | you took dictionary | |
| âbam | my water; my honor (âb-ru) dictionary | |
| ru | face; ru tâftan = to turn away dictionary | |
| darat | your door dictionary | |
| khoshtar | sweeter, more pleasant dictionary | |
| کز | k-az | that from (= ke az) (که از) |
| modda'i | pretender, critic dictionary | |
| resad | reaches (برسد) dictionary | |
| فریاد | faryâd | cry, shout dictionary |
| ar | if (= agar) (اگر) | |
| khod | even dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| قرآن | ghor'ân | the Quran dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| bar | memory; ze bar = by heart dictionary | |
| bekhâni | you recite dictionary | |
| چارده | chârdah | fourteen (= chahârdah) (چهارده) |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 94. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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