Who was a candle of the light of manifestation [of God]
When (it was that) he made his abode in the soil of the Place of Worship
Seek its date from the Earth of Mosallā
چراغِ اهلِ معنا خواجه حافظ
که شمعی بود از نورِ تجلّیٰ
چو در خاک مصلّیٰ ساخت منزل
بجو تاریخش از خاک مصلّیٰ
Abjad
Built on an existing system for Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic and
Greek, the additional Arabic letters were added on the
[left] end. The groupings of letters don't have any meaning,
they're just a memory aid. However, if you hear the two
"he"s being distinguished as "he-ye hotti" (ح) and "he-ye
havvaz" (ه), now you know what is meant. Sometimes a poem
will contain a chronogram, that is, the numerical sum of the
letters of a word will add up to a special number, often a
date which may be the year the poem was composed.
