A Ghazal of Hafiz
Here we brought you a Qazal by Hafiz Shirazi (Hâfez-e Širâzi).
Ghazal no. 369 by Hafiz
ما زِ یاران چَشمِ یاری داشتیم
mâ ze yârân čašm-e yâri dâštim
ما = we
زِ = (short form of “az”) from
یاران = friends, comrades
چَشم داشتیم = expected
یاری = help, kindness
خود غَلَط بود آنچه می پِنداشتیم
xod qalat bud ânče(h) mipendâštim
خود = that itself
غَلَط = mistake
بود = it was
آنچه = whatever
می پِنداشتیم = we were thinking
تا دِرَختِ دوستی بَر کِی دَهَد
tâ deraxt-e dusti bar key dahad
تا = in oeder to
دِرَخت = tree
دوستی = friendship
کی = when
بَر دَهَد = bear fruit, have result
حالیا رَفتیم و تُخمی کاشتیم
hâliyâ raftim-o toxmi kâštim
حالیا = now
رفتیم = we went
و = and
تُخمی = a seed
کاشتیم = we planted
گُفت و گو آیینِ دَرویشی نَبود
goft-o gu âyin-e darviši nabud
گُفت و گو = goftogu = (in Modern Persian = conversation) arguing
آیین = ritual, ethic
دَرویشی = being derviš (a good abstemious man)
نَبود = was not
وَرنه با تو ماجَراها داشتیم
varna(h) bâ to mâjarâ-hâ dâštim
وَرنه = (short form of agar na(h)) if not
با تو = with you
ماجَراها = struggles
داشتیم = we had
شیوه ی چِشمَت فَریبِ جَنگ داشت
šive(h)-ye čašmat farib-e jang dâšt
شیوه = the way, method
چِشمَت = your looking, your eyes
فَریب = lure, deception
جَنگ = war/combat
داشت = had
ما غَلَط کَردیم و صُلح اِنگاشتیم
mâ qalat kardim-o solh engâštim
ما = we
غَلَط کَردیم = made a mistake
و = and
صُلح = peace
اِنگاشتیم = imagine, think of
گُلبُنِ حُسنَت نه خود شُد دِلفُروز
golbon-e hosnat na(h) xod šod delforuz
گُلبُن = shrub, bush
حُسنَت = your goodness, virtue, beauty
نه = not
خود = by itself
شُد = became
دِلفُروز = delightful
ما دَمِ هِمَّت بَر او بِگماشتیم
mâ dam-e hemmat bar u begmâštim
ما = we
دَم = breath
هِمَّت = effort, determination
بَر او = on that
بِگماشتیم = put
نُکته ها رَفت و شِکایَت کَس نَکَرد
nokte(h)-hâ raft-o šekâyat kas nakard
نُکته ها = (literally: points, facts) in this contexts means complaints
رَفت = occurred
و = and
شِکایَت = complaint
کَس = anyone
نَکَرد = did not do
جانِبِ حُرمَت فَرو نَگذاشتیم
jâneb-e hormat foru nagzâštim
جانب = side of
حُرمَت = respect
فُرو نَگذاشتیم = did not drop down
چون نَهادی دِل به مِهرِ دیگران
čon nahâdi del be mehr-e digrân
چون = because
نَهادی = you put
دِل = heart
به = to
مِهر = kindness
دیگران = others
ما اُمید اَز وَصلِ تو بَرداشتیم
mâ omid az vasl-e to bardâštim
ما = we
اُمید = hope
اَز = from
وَصل = union of two lovers
تو = you/your
بَرداشتیم = took away
گُفت خود دادی به ما دِل حافِظا
goft xod dâdi be mâ del hâfezâ
گُفت = he/she said
خود = yourself
دادی = gave
به ما = to us
دِل = heart
حافِظا = you Hafiz
ما مُحَصِّل بَر کَسی نَگماشتیم
mâ mohassel bar kasi nagmâštim
بَر = on
کَسی = no one
نَگماشتیم = did not put
Now try to read Hafiz Shirazi’s Ghazal
ما زِ یاران چَشمِ یاری داشتیم
خود غَلَط بود آنچه می پِنداشتیم
تا دِرَختِ دوستی بَر کِی دَهَد
حالیا رفتیم و تُخمی کاشتیم
گُفت و گو آیینِ دَرویشی نَبود
وَرنه با تو ماجَراها داشتیم
شیوه ی چَشمَت فَریبِ جَنگ داشت
ما غَلَط کَردیم و صُلح پِنداشتیم
گُلبُنِ حُسنَت نه خود شُد دِلفروز
ما دَمِ هِمَّت بَر او بِگماشتیم
نُکته ها رَفت و شِکایَت کَس نَکَرد
جانِبِ حُرمَت فُرو نَگذاشتیم
چون نَهادی دِل به مِهرِ دیگران
ما اُمید اَز وَصلِ تو بَرداشتیم
گُفت خود دادی به ما دِل حافِظا
ما مُحَصِّل بَر کَسی نَگذاشتیم
Ghazal no 369
Translated by: Charlotte De Grauw, Negar Ilghami
I expected the ones I loved to help me;
But this way of thinking was a mistake of mine;
In order to see when our friendship tree will be fruitful;
I planted a seed of friendship tree;(*1)
A derviš does not involve himself in arguments;
If not, I would have had many with you;
The way you were looking at me had lure of war;
Which I misread it for a peace offer;
The bush of your virtue and beauty was not blossomed by itself;
I put my effort to help you grow;
Even though a lot had happened, I never complained;
I always treated you with respect;
As you gave your heart to the kindness of others;
I no longer have hope for our union;
“you yourself gave away your heart”, She said;
I didn’t send any daugachi to grab your heart and love;
*1 (I started a friendship and irrigated it by kindness, so that one day it comes back to me)
Ghazal no 369
Translated by: Hamid Eslamian
The eye of expectation of friendship from friends we had;
Verily, ’twas mistake that which we thought;
Let us see, when fruit, the tree of friendship will give;
Now, we have departed and a seed we have sown;
Not the way usage of the darvish is discussion;
If not, passed circumstances to thee we had;
The way of thy eye, battle’s deceit had;
We knew not and peace, we sowed;
Not of itself, heart-fascinating became the rose-bush of thy beauty;
On it, the breath of blessing, we established;
Subtleties passed and complaint, none made;
Aside, dignity we put not;
Said Hafiz to us, thou thyself gavest thy heart;
To none, the tax-collector, we sent.
