Hafez

Hafez

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Biography

Khajeh Shams-od-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390), also known by his pen name Hafez, was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn his poems by heart and use them as everyday proverbs and sayings.

Books by Hafez
Faces of LoveFaces of Love
Fal-E Hafez (Omens of Hafez)Fal-E Hafez (Omens of Hafez)
Divan of Hafez ShiraziDivan of Hafez Shirazi
Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Hafez (Illustrated)Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Hafez (Illustrated)
The Nightingales are DrunkThe Nightingales are Drunk
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Quotes by Hafez

"Sweet are the garden, the rose, and wine, but they would not be sweet without the company of my darling."

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"What necessity for a sword to slay the lover, when a glance can deprive him of half his life!"

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"Sir William Jones, A Grammar of the Persian Language (1771) · Poems, Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages (1772)"

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"Herman Bicknell, Hafiz of Shiraz: Selections from his Poems, Translated from the Persian (1875)"

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"Anonymous, A Century of Ghazels, or, A Hundred Odes, Selected and Translated from the Diwan of Hafiz (1875)"

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"Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze."

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"Be content with what thou hast received and smooth thy frowning forehead."

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"In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope for the soft marrow abi-deth in the hard bone."

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