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active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ
A master of Persian lyric poetry, Hāfeẓ is celebrated for verses that blend love, spirituality, wit, and quiet defiance. His poetry remains central to Persian literary culture and continues to invite readers into its layers of mystery and feeling.
4 Audiobooks
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1
by Firdawsi, active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ, Omar Khayyam
Sonnets from Hafez & Other Verses
by Elizabeth Bridges Daryush, active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ
Songs of Hafiz
by active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
by active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ
About the author
Hāfeẓ, also known as Hāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, was a Persian lyric poet from Shiraz who lived from about 1315 to 1390. His pen name means “the memorizer” or “the keeper,” reflecting his association with deep learning and religious knowledge.
His poetry is best known through the Dīvān of Hāfeẓ, a collection of ghazals that explores love, longing, wine, friendship, spiritual insight, and criticism of hypocrisy. The poems often balance earthly pleasure with mystical suggestion, allowing them to be read as both intimate love poetry and spiritual meditation.
Hāfeẓ is widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in Persian literature. His work has had an enduring influence on Persian writing and has also inspired readers and writers beyond Iran, including Goethe and Ralph Waldo Emerson.