Ghazal 95 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
مدامم مست می‌دارد، نسیمِ جَعدِ گیسویتخرابم می‌کند هر دَم، فریبِ چشمِ جادویت
modâmam mast midârad nasim-e ja'd-e gisuyat / kharâbam mikonad har dam farib-e cheshm-e jâduyat
The breeze from your curly tresses keeps me always drunk; the trickery of your sorcerer eyes ruins me at every moment.
COUPLET 2
پس از چندین شکیبایی، شبی، یا رب! توان دیدنکه شمعِ دیده افروزیم در محرابِ ابرویت؟
pas az chandin shakibâyi shabi yâ rab tavân didan / ke sham'-e dide afruzim dar mehrâb-e abruyat
After so much patience, O Lord, will I ever see a night when I light the candle of my eyes in the prayer niche of your eyebrows?
COUPLET 3
سوادِ لوح بینش را عزیز از بهر آن دارمکه جان را نسخه‌ای باشد ز لوحِ خالِ هندویت
savâd-e lowh-e binesh râ aziz az bahr-e ân dâram / ke jân râ noskhe'i bâshad ze lowh-e khâl-e henduyat
I hold the dark pupil on the tablet of my sight dear for one reason: so my soul may have a copy of the tablet of your dark beauty spot.
COUPLET 4
تو گر خواهی که جاویدان جهان یکسر بیاراییصبا را گو که بردارد زمانی بُرقِع از رویت
to gar khâhi ke jâvidân jahân yeksar biyârâyi / sabâ râ gu ke bardârad zamâni borgha' az ruyat
If you want to adorn the whole world forever, tell the morning breeze to lift the veil from your face for a moment.
COUPLET 5
و گر رسمِ فنا خواهی که از عالم براندازیبرافشان تا فروریزد هزاران جان ز هر مویت
va gar rasm-e fanâ khâhi ke az âlam barandâzi / barafshân tâ forow rizad hezârân jân ze har muyat
And if you want to abolish death from the world, shake out your hair, so that thousands of lives may fall from every strand.
COUPLET 6
من و بادِ صبا مِسکین، دو سرگردانِ بی‌حاصلمن از افسونِ چشمت مست و او از بویِ گیسویت
man o bâd-e sabâ meskin do sargardân-e bihâsel / man az afsun-e cheshmat mast o u az bu-ye gisuyat
The morning breeze and I, poor things, are two aimless wanderers: I am drunk on the spell of your eyes, and it on the scent of your tresses.
COUPLET 7
زهی همت که حافظ راست از دنیی و از عقبینیاید هیچ در چشمش به جز خاکِ سرِ کویت
zehi hemmat ke Hâfez râ-st az donyi o az oghbâ / nayâyad hich dar cheshmash be joz khâk-e sar-e kuyat
What high spirit Hafez has! Of this world and the next, nothing is worth anything in his eyes except the dust of your street.
What this fâl tells you
What you love fills your whole attention, and tradition reads this fal as a sign that long patience will be rewarded with a moment of closeness and light. Ask openly for what you hope to see; a single unveiling can change everything. Keep your aim high and your heart focused on what truly matters to you.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: -at "your" (gisuyat, jâduyat...). qâfiye: -uy (gisu, jâdu, abru, hendu, ru, mu, gisu, ku).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| مدامم | modâmam | always ... my (= modâm marâ) dictionary |
| مست | mast | drunk dictionary |
| می‌دارد | midârad | keeps (me drunk) dictionary |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| ja'd | curly hair (موی پیچ‌پیچ) | |
| گیسویت | gisuyat | your tresses dictionary |
| kharâbam | I am ruined dictionary | |
| می‌کند | mikonad | does, is doing dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| dam | moment; breath dictionary | |
| فریب | farib | deceit, trick dictionary |
| چشم | cheshm | eye dictionary |
| jâduyat | your sorcerer (eyes) dictionary | |
| پس | pas | after; pas az = after dictionary |
| چندین | chandin | so many dictionary |
| shakibâyi | patience dictionary | |
| shabi | one night dictionary | |
| یا | yâ | O (vocative); or dictionary |
| tavân | one can dictionary | |
| didan | to see dictionary | |
| sham' | candle dictionary | |
| dide | eye (چشم) | |
| afruzim | we light dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| محراب | mehrâb-e | prayer niche of dictionary |
| abruyat | your eyebrow dictionary | |
| savâd | blackness; the dark pupil dictionary | |
| لوح | lowh | tablet, slate dictionary |
| aziz | precious, dear dictionary | |
| bahr | sake; ze bahr-e = for the sake of (برای) | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| dâram | I have dictionary | |
| jân | life, soul dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| khâl | mole, beauty spot dictionary | |
| to | you dictionary | |
| گر | gar | if (= agar) (اگر) dictionary |
| khâhi | you want dictionary | |
| jâvidân | forever, eternally dictionary | |
| jahân | world dictionary | |
| biyârâyi | you adorn dictionary | |
| sabâ | the morning breeze, which carries messages between lovers in poetry (نسیم صبح) | |
| گو | gu | say! tell! (= begu) (بگو) dictionary |
| bardârad | lifts off, takes away dictionary | |
| zamâni | a moment dictionary | |
| ruyat | your face dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| rasm | custom, way dictionary | |
| فنا | fanâ | mortality, passing away dictionary |
| âlam | world dictionary | |
| barandâzi | you abolish, overthrow dictionary | |
| tâ | to, until; so that dictionary | |
| فروریزد | forow rizad | falls, pours down dictionary |
| هزاران | hezârân | thousands dictionary |
| مویت | muyat | your hair, strand dictionary |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| bâd | wind dictionary | |
| مسکین | meskin | poor, wretched dictionary |
| do | two dictionary | |
| sargardân | lost, wandering dictionary | |
| bihâsel | worthless, fruitless dictionary | |
| afsun | spell, charm dictionary | |
| چشمت | cheshmat | your eye dictionary |
| u | him / her (Persian does not mark gender) dictionary | |
| bu-ye | scent of (ezafe) dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| râ-st | has (Hâfez râ ast = Hafez has) dictionary | |
| donyi | this world (old spelling of donyâ) (دنیا) | |
| oghbâ | the hereafter (آخرت) | |
| نیاید | nayâyad | does not come; dar cheshm nayâmadan = to be worth nothing in one's eyes dictionary |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| چشمش | cheshmash | his eye dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| khâk | dust, earth dictionary | |
| sar | head; sar be kuh dâdan = to send someone off wandering dictionary | |
| کویت | kuyat | your street dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 95. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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