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Hafez

Also known as of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad, Anacreon of Persia

Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390) was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. 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. His life and poems have become the subjects of much analysis, commentary, and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other Persian author.

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Hafez was a male poet, lyricist, and writer born in Shiraz in 1326 and died there in 1389. He was a Persian of the Persians ethnic group who practiced Islam, specifically Sunni Islam and Sufism. His writing language was Persian, and he spoke Persian, Tajik, and Arabic. He is associated with the Muzaffarids of Iran and the Timurid Empire. His pseudonym was Hafez, and his name in his native language was خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی.

His genre and movement were lyric poetry. He was influenced by Ibn Arabi, Sanai, Anvari, and Nizami Ganjavi. His works have been described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He is listed on the Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. His quotes include reflections on beauty, wine, and fate.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1964
Works: 21

Top works

Die Wahrnehmung des Islams in Deutschland
"Heiliger Krieg" gegen den Westen
Media ethics in the dialogue of cultures
Mythos Globalisierung
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1325
Active to: 1390

jazz

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 170
Total plays: 10,741

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Rational design of cationic lipids for siRNA delivery
· 2010 · cited 1,686x
Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolution
· 2017 · cited 1,596x
Clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer (CCC19): a cohort study
· 2020 · cited 1,419x
Maximizing the Potency of siRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for Hepatic Gene Silencing In Vivo**
· 2012 · cited 1,178x
Analysis of Plasma Cell-Free DNA by Ultradeep Sequencing in Patients With Stages I to III Colorectal Cancer
· 2019 · cited 901x

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Quotes

“Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow,And bid thy pensive heart be glad,Whate’er the frowning zealots say:Tell them, their Eden cannot showA stream so clear as Rocnabad,A bow’r so sweet as Mosellay.”
“The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round,That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.”
“Sweet are the garden, the rose, and wine, but they would not be sweet without the company of my darling.”
“What necessity for a sword to slay the lover, when a glance can deprive him of half his life!”
“'Tis writ on Paradise's gate,"Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!"”
“It is a crime to seek to raise but self,Before all other men to praise but self,The pupil of the eye a lesson gives,Be all submitted to thy gaze but self.”

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Key facts

Writer.name: Hafez Shirazi
Writer.image: The_Soviet_Union_1971_CPA_3997_stamp_(Hafez).png
Writer.caption: Illustration of Hafez from the Soviet Union, 1971
Writer.birth_place: Shiraz, Muzaffarid Iran
Writer.death_place: Shiraz, Timurid Iran
Writer.resting_place: Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz, Iran
Writer.occupation: Poet
Writer.notableworks: The Divān of Hafez
Writer.genres: Mystic poetry (Ghazal, Irfan) Spiritual poet, mystic
Writer.nationality: Iranian
Writer.native_name: حافظ شیرازی
Writer.native_name_lang: fa

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Life
Legends
Influence
Intellectual and artistic legacy
In contemporary Iranian culture
In Iranian music
In Afghan music
Interpretation
Satire, religion, and politics
Modern English editions
Divan-e-Hafez
Death and the tomb
Poems by Hafez
See also
References
Sources
Notes
External links

Hafez is best known for his Divān, a collection of his surviving poems probably compiled after his death. His works can be described as "antinomian" and with the medieval use of the term "theosophical"; the term "theosophy" in the 13th and 14th centuries was used to indicate mystical work by "authors only inspired by the Islamic holy books" (as distinguished from theology). Hafez primarily wrote in the literary genre of lyric poetry or ghazals, which is the ideal style for expressing the ecstasy of divine inspiration in the mystical form of love poems. He was a Sufi.

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