Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz CD jacket

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Hafiz (1315 - 1390), translated by Gertrude Bell

The forty-three poems contained in this collection include some of the best-known work of Hafiz and serve as an excellent introduction to the writer who continues to be the most popular poet in Iran. Hafiz was a Sufi and wrote primarily lyric poetry, or ghazals, a style well suited for expressing the ecstasy of divine inspiration, often called “the beloved.” His themes include love, faith, and protest, and he employs irony and satire to trat topics such as hypocrisy. His settings often include wine and taverns, which portray the pursuit of ecstasy and freedom in the physical world as a metaphor for the realm of divine love. The first English translation of his work appeared in 1771 and influenced writers such as Thoreau, Goethe, and Emerson, who called him “a poet’s poet”. There is no definitive version of his collected works (or Divan). Published editions range from to 573 to 994 poems. His poems are found in the homes of most Persian-speaking people and are often committed to memory and used as proverbs and sayings.

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Product Details

Read by: Kevin W. Davidson
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Type: Solo reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD jacket
Item No.: CJ-7008
EAN: 0687700170297
List Price: $7.99

Credits

Production

Book Coordinator: Kevin W. Davidson
Meta Coordinator: TriciaG
Proof Listener: Barbara Baker

Artwork
Cover: Illustration of a man offering a woman an orange, from doublures inside a Divan of Hafiz, 1842.
Inset: The Feast of Id, copy of Divan by Hafiz, the Shaybanid Dynasty, circa 1523 AD.
Inset: Illustrationdepicting Hafiz offering his work to a patron, from doublures inside a Divan of Hafiz, 1842.
Insert: Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz, late 15th century, Metropolitan Museum af Art.

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Table of Contents

Track Title Length
1 01 - Poems i - ix 20:01
2 02 - Poems x - xviii 17:53
3 03 - Poems xix - xxvii 19:29
4 04 - Poems xxviii - xxxvi 17:23
5 05 - Poems xxxvii - xliii 13:09

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