Hafez: Divan

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First Edition thus and the first edition of translations of the 14th-century mystical Persian poet Hafez to be published under Gertrude Bell's own name. Hafez also exchanged letters and poetry with Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah, the Sultan of Bengal, who invited him to Sonargaon though he could not make it. His tomb is "crowded with devotees" who visit the site and the atmosphere is "festive" with visitors singing and reciting their favorite Hafez poems. Ravished by her beauty but knowing that his love for her would not be requited, he allegedly held his first mystic vigil in his desire to realize this union.

Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. 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.

If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all and I will lay down my head at his feet out of respect. The Ottoman composer Buhurizade Mustafa Itri composed his magnum opus Neva Kâr based upon one of Hafez's poems. Peter Avery translated a complete edition of Hafez in English, The Collected Lyrics of Hafiz of Shiraz, published in 2007.

Therefore, the words could signify at once a prince addressing his devoted followers, a lover courting a beloved, and the reception of spiritual wisdom. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. While some poets, such as Ubayd Zakani, attempted to distance themselves from this fused mystical-lyrical tradition by writing satires, Hafez embraced the fusion and thrived on it.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". The current mausoleum was designed by André Godard, a French archeologist and architect, in the late 1930s, and the tomb is raised up on a dais amidst rose gardens, water channels, and orange trees.

There, he first saw Shakh-e Nabat, a woman of great beauty, to whom some of his poems are addressed.The spiritual and historical and human content is here in understandable, beautiful poetry: the correct rhyme-structure has been achieved, without intruding, in readable English. In AH 855 (1451), after the conquest of Shiraz by Abolghasem Babar Teymouri, they built a tomb under the command of his minister, Maulana Mohammad Mamaei.

Please note: Not all unblock requests will be successful as it is dependent on how your IP address is being blocked. He was a Perfect Master … His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination. From Preface] Lesan-ol-Ghayeb Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad HAFEZ Shirazi, the most famous sonnet poet of Persia, was born in 1325 at Shiraz where he lived all his life. In the genre of Persian classical music Hafez along with Sa'di have been the most popular poets in the art of āvāz, non-metered form of singing. There is a 3" horizontal scratch in the front of the jacket above the title, otherwise minor wear to jacket.Second edition of Poems from the Divan of Hafiz translated by Gertrude Lowthian Bell in the original publisher's cloth binding.