Hafez: Divan

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This man really does have two extremes, one is of his devoutness and Sufism, and the other is just sex and wine, a lot of sex and wine. I loved it. The following are a few more pointers that are not applicable to Hafiz alone but for much of oriental poetry. I have found it important to keep such distinctions in mind to understand poetry that at first glance seems outlandishly far-away. While much of this comes from the translator’s notes, it might be useful advice for reading other beautiful works too.

Add to all this the consideration that these were meant to be sung and not to be read and were composed mostly impromptu on the urging of an unforgiving patron and we can begin to see the true genius of the poetry. Until 1988, translation of Divān or part of it into Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Arabic, English in India and Pakistan, Divān and its excerpts, and arranging lyrics for singing in English, French, German, Russian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Spanish and Turkish are obtained during these years. [6] His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other author. Though Hafez is well known for his poetry, he is less commonly recognized for his intellectual and political contributions. A defining feature of Hafez' poetry is its ironic tone and the theme of hypocrisy, widely believed to be a critique of the religious and ruling establishments of the time. Persian satire developed during the 14th century, within the courts of the Mongol Period. In this period, Hafez and other notable early satirists, such as Ubayd Zakani, produced a body of work that has since become a template for the use of satire as a political device. Many of his critiques are believed to be targeted at the rule of Amir Mobarez Al-Din Mohammad, specifically, towards the disintegration of important public and private institutions. He was a Sufi Muslim.It is said almost every Iranian household has his collection, and that people memorize his verses and recite them as proverbs, and after reading this, I see why.

Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī (Persian: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hāfez (born 1315 - died 1390) was the most celebrated Persian lyric poet and is often described as a poet's poet. His Divan is to be found at the home of most Iranians who recite his poems by heart and use as proverb and saying to this day.

His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are often found in the homes of people in the Persian speaking world, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings. Afterward, he traveled to Ottoman Turkey, Baghdad, Halab and Hijaz. He returned to Semnan and worked as a scribe in Shah Abbas's library and later on his court in the capital of Isfahan. This compact version of the Divan of Hafez is a facsimile illuminated manuscript, complete with beautiful Persian calligraphy and miniature illustrations. There are 43 ghazals, translated into English by classical scholar Gertrude Bell. It is a truly beautiful introduction not only to the works of this beloved Sufi mystic, but also to the artistry of Mahmoud Farshchian. It is like getting two books in one: poetry and art. Hafiz’s poetry (and in fact much of oriental poetry) seems disconnected to the modern ear - drawing criticism such as being ‘oriental pearls strung on a random sting’ - but this is because they were not influenced by the ‘beginning-middle-end’ Aristotelean conception of structuring.

The unity in such poetry emerges from a symbolic unity of the leading imagery of each Ghazal/couplet - each linked to the others only through imagery (but not through ideas) - deliberately suppressed for effect, sometimes even forming multiple interlinkages (skipping couplets to form multiple threads) to form a delicious arabesque imagery through the poetry… it is hard to conceive of. He was trained in calligraphy at first by Isa Rangkar and then Malek Deylami. Mir Emad later on moved to Tabriz to study with Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi. A mere fraction of what is presumed to have been an extensive body of work survives. This collection is derived from Hafiz's Divan (collected poems), a classic of Sufism. The short poems, called ghazals, are sonnet-like arrangements of varied numbers of couplets. In the tradition of Persian poetry and Sufi philosophy, each poem corresponds to two interpretations, sensual and mystic. Again we are drawn to the comparison of how the same dynamics enliven Chaucer’s poetry (with the multi-fold allegorical interpretation of scripture and other devices).

fale hafez – fale hafez ba mani – falehafez – fale hafez asli – hafezdivan – hafez shirazi – divanhafez – فال حافظ با تفسیر – فال حافظ از دیوان حافظ – استخاره با فال حافظ His strong logic, his clear and radiant technique for knowing the truth, his radiant appearance, and his pure nature, and his being like the sea, make it clear to all. The Persian poet Hafez (1320-1389) is best known as a Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses. The state of God-Realisation is symbolised through union with a Beloved, and drinking the wine of spiritual love. de Bruijn, J. T. P.; Ḵorramšāhī, Bahāʾ-al-Din; Ḥasanlī, Kāvus; Neysārī, Salīm; Nīknām, Mehrdād; Purnāmdārīān, Taqī (2007), "Ḥāfeẓ", in Sa′ādat, Esmāʿīl (ed.), Dānešnāme-ye Zabān va Adab-e Fārsī (in Persian), vol.2, Tehran: Farhangestān-e Zabān va Adab-e Fārsi, ISBN 964-7531-62-1 M براش حرف میزنه.حافظ مچاله میشه اما نه از روی خجالت...تا اینکه یه شب دختره بهش میگه اگه پیک سواری،خونه خالیه بیا دوتا پیک بریم بالا.به هرچی دکتره زنگ میزنه و یه،یک و نیم لیتری جور میکنه و میره خونه دختره و میشینن و دختره حافظ و بغل میکنه و حافظ میگه: