The Collected Lyrics of Hafiz of Shiraz

Hafiz is honored as the greatest lyric poet of Iran and his collected poetry is without doubt one of the world's greatest literary achievements. Translated here from the edition of Parviz Natel-Khanlari, the 486 poems have been rendered as literally as possible while trying to convey some sense of the original poetry to the reader who lacks knowledge of Persian. The ghazals are introduced and presented with extensive annotation by one of today's most eminent scholars of Persian literature.