Every flower its beauty bestows, Your lips the dearest gems dispose,May your lips nurture our souls, With the wine that every spirit knows.From the Rubaiyat of HafizBetter known by his nom de plume, Hafiz, Khwaja Shamsuddin Mohammad (1319-1389) is the most popular of the Persian poets; he acquired his surname from memorizing the Koran at an early age. A teacher of the Koran who associated with mystics, his lyrical poetry is acclaimed as the finest ever written in the Persian language.Among his works are the first-known examples of literary stylesthe long rhyming poem, the couplet, and the rubaiyat, or the epic poem told in quatrainsthat survive to this day. Contemporary Muslim critics translate his passionate verse as profound and lyrical in nature, while critics in the West are inclined to interpret his poems as challenging invectives.Hafiz influenced and was translated by, among others, Goethe and Emerson; literary scholars believe that Goethe's Westöstlicher Diwan (1819) was inspired by Hafiz. The poet is buried in a splendid tomb near Shiraz, Iran.
Every flower its beauty bestows, Your lips the dearest gems dispose,May your lips nurture our souls, With the wine that every spirit knows.From the Rubaiyat of HafizBetter known by his nom de plume, Hafiz, Khwaja Shamsuddin Mohammad (1319-1389) is the most popular of the Persian poets; he acquired his surname from memorizing the Koran at an early age. A teacher of the Koran who associated with mystics, his lyrical poetry is acclaimed as the finest ever written in the Persian language.Among his works are the first-known examples of literary stylesthe long rhyming poem, the couplet, and the rubaiyat, or the epic poem told in quatrainsthat survive to this day. Contemporary Muslim critics translate his passionate verse as profound and lyrical in nature, while critics in the West are inclined to interpret his poems as challenging invectives.Hafiz influenced and was translated by, among others, Goethe and Emerson; literary scholars believe that Goethe's Westöstlicher Diwan (1819) was inspired by Hafiz. The poet is buried in a splendid tomb near Shiraz, Iran.
This unique collection offers insight into the spiritual philosophy and carefree mysticism of the greatest Persian poet. His probing and joyful verse speaks to people from all backgrounds who long...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
This masterpiece of Persian poetry is a collection of four-line stanzas, or ruba'i, attributed to the scholar and poet Omar Khayyam. Rendered in exquisite English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat...
Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a plusieurs décennies sous le titre "My Rubaiyat". Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez...
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