Hafez: Divan

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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. self-published source] [11] The preface of his Divān, in which his early life is discussed, was written by an unknown contemporary whose name may have been Moḥammad Golandām.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This confusion stems from the fact that, early in Persian literary history, the poetic vocabulary was usurped by mystics, who believed that the ineffable could be better approached in poetry than in prose. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. He was a Perfect Master … His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination.Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English to Persian and knower of Hafiz’s Divan off by heart. With the blows of my lustrous sword", Timur complained, "I have subjugated most of the habitable globe.

Thus, a word such as gowhar, which could mean both "essence, truth" and "pearl", would take on both meanings at once as in a phrase such as "a pearl/essential truth outside the shell of superficial existence". This is a fine edition of the Divan (complete poems) in original Persian with a sellection translated in English. Includes several lovely illustrations, illuminations and miniatures by Ustad Khosh-nevis-zadeh, Hosein Khosravi and Ali Nasajpor.At the same time, he is said to have known by heart the works of Rumi ( Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi), Saadi, Farid ud-Din, and Nizami.