The garden of heaven: poems of Hafiz
(2012)
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[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
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1 online resource
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9780486111599 (electronic bk.) MWT11602232, 0486111598 (electronic bk.) 11602232
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English
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Poetry is the greatest literary form of ancient Persia and modern Iran, and the 14th-century poet known as Hafiz is its preeminent master. This collection is derived from Hafiz's Divan (collected poems), a classic of Sufism. The short poems, called ghazals, are sonnet-like arrangements of varied numbers of couplets. In the tradition of Persian poetry and Sufi philosophy, each poem corresponds to two interpretations, sensual and mystic. This 19th-century translation by historian Gertrude Bell remains widely acclaimed by scholars and readers
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