The fourteenth-century poet of Shiraz wrote ghazals in which the tavern, the rose, the nightingale and the beloved carry meanings both earthly and divine. Gertrude Bell, later famous as a traveller and archaeologist of the Middle East, translated a selection into rhymed English verse and wrote an introduction on Hafiz, his city and his age, with notes to the poems.
Graceful translations by a remarkable woman, and an inviting entry into Persian poetry for readers of Rumi and Omar Khayyam. Download the free EPUB.