Shams al-Din Hafiz

Poems by Shams al-Din Hafiz

Khājeh Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (Persian: خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (حافظ, Ḥāfeẓ, 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, 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.

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 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.

Themes of his ghazals include the beloved, faith and exposing hypocrisy. In his ghazals, he deals with love, wine and taverns, all presenting religious ecstasy and freedom from restraint, whether in actual worldly release or in the voice of the lover. His influence on Persian speakers appears in divination by his poems (Persian: فال حافظ, romanized: fāl-e hāfez, somewhat similar to the Roman tradition of Sortes Vergilianae) and in the frequent use of his poems in Persian traditional music, visual art and Persian calligraphy. His tomb is located in his birthplace of Shiraz. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his poems exist in all major languages.

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Poems

  • Absolutely Clear Read Poem
  • Achol Premer Podyo Read Poem
  • Agnutsob Read Poem
  • Ahongkar Read Poem
  • Amar Ki Ese Jabe Read Poem
  • Amar Sokol Ayojon Read Poem
  • Amimangsito Sondhi Read Poem
  • Anirnito Nari Read Poem
  • Asro Somorpon Read Poem
  • Bam Hat Tomake Dilam Read Poem
  • Bedona Boner Moto Read Poem
  • Bring Perfumes Sweet To Me Read Poem
  • Brings me hope Read Poem
  • Byabodhan Read Poem
  • Cactus Read Poem
  • Dakat Read Poem
  • Drops of his Heart's Blood Read Poem
  • Duhshomoye Amar Joubon Read Poem
  • Dukher Arek Nam Read Poem
  • Edaning Jibon Japon Read Poem
  • Ekti Potaka Pele Read Poem
  • Feriowala Read Poem
  • From The Garden of Heaven Read Poem
  • Gharoa Rajniti Read Poem
  • Ghazal 01 Read Poem
  • Ghazal 02 Read Poem
  • Ghazal 03 Read Poem
  • Here will I take my rest Read Poem
  • Hijoltolir Sukh Read Poem
  • Hironbala Read Poem
  • Hridoyer Rin Read Poem
  • Icche Chhilo Read Poem
  • If God Invited You To A Party Read Poem
  • Jar Jekhane Jayga Read Poem
  • Jatayat Read Poem
  • Jevabe Se Elo Read Poem
  • Jugol Jiboni Read Poem
  • Ke Read Poem
  • Khal Read Poem
  • Kobi O Kobita Read Poem
  • Kobitar Kosom Khelam Read Poem
  • Kobutor Read Poem
  • Komol Concrite Read Poem
  • Labonyer Lota Read Poem
  • Lady That Hast my Heart Read Poem
  • Lay not reproach at the drunkard's door Read Poem
  • Life's Mighty Flood Read Poem
  • Manobanol Read Poem
  • My Friend has fled Read Poem
  • Nam Vumikay Read Poem
  • Netrokona Read Poem
  • Nikhut Strategy Read Poem
  • Nirasroy Pachti Angul Read Poem
  • Nishiddho Sompadokiyo Read Poem
  • Not Worth the toil! Read Poem
  • O Cup Bearer Read Poem
  • Onyorokom Sonsar Read Poem
  • Poraner Pakhi Read Poem
  • Prithok Pahar Read Poem
  • Prosthan Read Poem
  • Protima Read Poem
  • Protyaborton Read Poem
  • Radar Read Poem
  • Rakhal Read Poem
  • Return! That to a heart Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 01 Read Poem
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  • Rubaiyat 03 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 04 Read Poem
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  • Rubaiyat 37 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 38 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 39 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 40 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 41 Read Poem
  • Rubaiyat 42 Read Poem
  • Shamuk Read Poem
  • Slaves of Thy Shining Eyes Read Poem
  • Somprodan Read Poem
  • The Day of Hope Read Poem
  • The Rose has flushed Red Read Poem
  • The Rose is not fair Read Poem
  • The Secret Draught of Wine Read Poem
  • Tirtho Read Poem
  • To Linger in a Garden Fair Read Poem
  • Tomakei Chai Read Poem
  • Trishna Read Poem
  • Tumi Dak Dile Read Poem
  • Uposonghar Read Poem
  • Utshorgo Read Poem
  • Vumihin Krishoker Gan Read Poem
  • Where is my Ruined Life ? Read Poem
  • Wild Deer. Read Poem
  • With Madness Like to Mine Read Poem