The Collected Lyrics of Hafiz of Shiraz

Hfiz is honored as the greatest lyric poet of Iran and the Dvn-i Hfiz, his collected poetry, is without doubt one of the worlds greatest literary achievements. Translated here from the edition of Parvz Ntl Khnlar, the 486 poems have been rendered as literally as possible while trying to convey some sense of the original poetry to the reader who lacks knowledge of Persian. The ghazals are introduced and presented with extensive annotation by one of todays most eminent scholars of Persian literature.