A Persian verse and a reflection, chosen for how your day feels.
Hamdam reflects your heart and your sky.
Tell Hamdam how your heart feels. It answers with a verse.
اي دل عبث مخور غم دنيا را فكرت مكن نيامده فردا را كنج قفس چو نيك بينديشي چون گلشن است مرغ شكيبا را
O heart, do not grieve vainly over this world, do not worry about a tomorrow not yet come / If you think clearly, even a cage's corner is a rose garden for the patient bird.
Parvin
This is how the app works. In Hamdam, your reflection follows.
There is more waiting for you in the appA companion for the daily reflection.
Every day, Hamdam meets you at the hour it finds you: a morning that opens gently, an afternoon that steadies, an evening that settles. Tell it how your heart feels with a simple slider, and it offers a verse and a reflection chosen for that feeling.
Every verse arrives in its original Persian, or in English, drawn from Hafez, Rumi, Saadi, Khayyam and Parvin Etesami. Open it further and the whole poem unfolds around the line you were given, its themes named beneath it. Many verses can be heard as well as read, in the voice of a named Persian reciter.
Every reflection is kept for you.
Over the weeks, Hamdam shows you your own weather: your moods, your seasons, your journey. A private journal, your favourites, and a gentle streak that forgives a missed day.
Hamdam is waiting to meet you.
The Garden
Nothing is asked of you that the day cannot carry.
Three coaches, Mind, Move and Sleep, turn today’s one line into a plan for the whole day, reading from your Health data, your calendar and the weather.
A garden bed for habits
Plant one small thing, say when it happens and what you will do on the day it does not, then watch it grow on every day you tend it.
A riddle each morning
A new one waits every day, beside the verse you already came for.
A verse for every morning. Five poets. In Persian or English. Centuries of wisdom.
غنچه گو تنگدل از كارِ فروبسته مَباش
كز دَمِ صبح مدد يابي و انفاسِ نسيم
Tell the bud: do not be small-hearted at what remains closed — for from the morning's breath you will find help, and from the breeze's sigh.
گرچه خزان كرد جفاها بسي
بين كه بهاران چه وفا ميكند
Though autumn committed many cruelties — see what faithfulness spring brings.
گنجشك خرد گفت سحر با كبوتري
كآخر تو هم برون كن ازين آشيان سري
آفاق روشن است، چه خسبي به تيرگي
روزي بپر، ببين چمن و جوئي و جري
A small sparrow said at dawn to a pigeon: won't you too lift your head from this nest? / The horizons are bright — why do you sleep in darkness? Fly a day, go see the meadow, the stream, the brook.
Five poets, five voices.
Verses sourced from Ganjoor.net. Portraits are artistic interpretations.
Hamdam keeps the days that matter where you come from, and where you live.
You choose both in the app. Nothing here is read from your device.
Ekka is a Brisbane holiday rather than a statewide one, and Boxing Day shows its observed date when 26 December falls on a weekend.
Hamdam meets you wherever you look.
Ask Siri to start a reflection, hear today's verse, or check your streak. Add a widget to your Home Screen. If you wear an Apple Watch, your verse and streak travel with you. If you choose, each reflection can be saved to Apple Health as a State of Mind entry, with calm music playing alongside through Apple Music.
The companions, the calendar and Family Sharing are all optional, and each stays off until you ask for it.
Hamdam does not use accounts. It does not collect emails. Your words never leave your device unless you turn on your own iCloud sync. Nobody at Hamdam can read a word you write.
- No accountsNo sign-up, no email at all.
- On your deviceSignals stay where they were read.
- Your own iCloud onlySync is opt-in, scoped to your Apple ID, and requires Hamdam Plus.
One reflection, shaped by your day.
- MoodOnly if you log it. A nudge in tone, not a score.
- WeatherThrough Apple's WeatherKit, on your device.
- SeasonWhere you are, time of year.
- Time of dayMorning, midday, evening, night.
- CalendarCultural moments only, never event details.
- HealthOnly if you choose, only on your device. Requires Hamdam Plus.
Begin free. Fifteen reflections every month, always.
Free
Begin free. Fifteen reflections every month, always, with daily verses from all five poets and the full library of five hundred verses.
Hamdam Plus
Hamdam Plus opens unlimited reflections, your whole reflection archive and insights beyond the free fourteen-day window, iCloud sync between your devices, Health body signals, Deep Mode for longer reflection prompts, sharing to Apple Journal, and the poet deep-dives beyond Hafez and Rumi.
Monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers.
Pricing is shown on the App Store.
Founding Companion
A single purchase, yours for life, shareable with your family through Apple Family Sharing.
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Sit with a verse. Reflect. Return tomorrow.
iOS / iPadOS 26+