Ghazal 99 of Hafez (9 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
Your heart is set on one person or one goal, and tradition reads this fal as an auspicious sign: farrokh itself means "fortunate". Stay close to what you love with loyal, humble devotion and you will share in its good fortune. Raise a cup to what delights you and let your longing turn into joy.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: farrokh. qâfiye: -u(y) (ru, mu, ru, zânu, deljuy, jâdu, abru, bu, su, hendu). Farrokh ("auspicious") is the name or epithet of the beloved; who it refers to is uncertain.
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| del | heart dictionary | |
| من | man | I, me dictionary |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| هوای | havâ-ye | longing for, desire for dictionary |
| ru-ye | face of dictionary | |
| فرخ | farrokh | Farrokh: "auspicious, fortunate", here the beloved's name dictionary |
| bovad | is, will be (old form of bâshad) (باشد) dictionary | |
| âshofte | disordered, tangled, distraught dictionary | |
| همچون | hamchon | like (مثل) |
| موی | mu-ye | hair of dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| joz | except, besides dictionary | |
| zolfash | her curls dictionary | |
| هیچ | hich | any; no dictionary |
| کس | kas | anyone; with negative: no one dictionary |
| نیست | nist | is not; there is not dictionary |
| shod | become (with khâhad: will become); became dictionary | |
| siyâhi | a dark one (the beloved's black mole, imagined as a black servant) dictionary | |
| ast | is dictionary | |
| ân | that dictionary | |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| shavad | becomes dictionary | |
| چون | chon | since, when; like dictionary |
| bid | willow dictionary | |
| لرزان | larzân | trembling dictionary |
| sarv | cypress (image of a tall beloved) dictionary | |
| âzâd | free; âzâd kardan = set free dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| binad | sees dictionary | |
| bedeh | give! pour! dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| sharâb | wine dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| نرگس | narges | narcissus (image of the beloved's languid eye) dictionary |
| do | two dictionary | |
| tâ | fold; do tâ = bent double dictionary | |
| قامتم | ghâmatam | my figure, my body dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| پیوسته | peyvaste | constant; also joined (of eyebrows) dictionary |
| abru-ye | eyebrow of dictionary | |
| نسیم | nasim | breeze dictionary |
| khejel | ashamed (شرمنده) dictionary | |
| کرد | kard | do (with tavân: can do) dictionary |
| zolf | curl, lock of hair dictionary | |
| میل | meyl | desire, appetite dictionary |
| هر | har | every dictionary |
| jâyi-st | is toward some place (= jâyi ast) dictionary | |
| su-ye | toward dictionary | |
| gholâm | servant dictionary | |
| bâshad | may it be; bâshad ke = perhaps, so that maybe dictionary | |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| bande | servant; humble "I" dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 99. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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