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趩卮賲賴 禺賵乇卮蹖丿
丿賵丕夭丿賴 鬲丕亘賱賵蹖 禺胤 丕夭 丕爻丕鬲蹖丿 禺胤 睾賱丕賲丨爻蹖賳 丕賲蹖乇禺丕賳蹖貙 毓亘丕爻 丕禺賵蹖賳貙 毓亘丿丕賱賱賴 賮乇丕丿蹖貙 蹖丿丕賱賱賴 讴丕亘賱蹖貙 丕賲蹖乇賮賱爻賮蹖貙 噩賵丕丿亘禺鬲蹖丕乇蹖貙 讴乇賲毓賱蹖 卮蹖乇丕夭蹖 亘丕 鬲匕赖蹖亘 賲丨賲丿 胤乇蹖賯鬲蹖
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First published January 1, 1991
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Hafez
257听books712听followersH膩fez (丨丕賮馗) (Khw膩ja Shams-ud-D墨n Mu岣mmad 岣つ乫e岷�-e Sh墨r膩z墨) was a Persian poet whose collected works (The Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings.
His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other author
Themes of his ghazals are the beloved, faith, and exposing hypocrisy. His influence in the lives of Persian speakers can be found in "Hafez readings" (f膩l-e h膩fez, Persian: 賮丕賱 丨丕賮馗鈥庘€�) and the frequent use of his poems in Persian traditional music, visual art, and Persian calligraphy. His tomb is visited often. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his poems exist in all major languages.
Though Hafez is well known for his poetry, he is less commonly recognized for his intellectual and political contributions. A defining feature of Hafez' poetry is its ironic tone and the theme of hypocrisy, widely believed to be a critique of the religious and ruling establishments of the time. Persian satire developed during the 14th century, within the courts of the Mongol Period. In this period, Hafez and other notable early satirists, such as Ubayd Zakani, produced a body of work that has since become a template for the use of satire as a political device. Many of his critiques are believed to be targeted at the rule of Amir Mobarez Al-Din Mohammad, specifically, towards the disintegration of important public and private institutions. He was a Sufi Muslim.
His work, particularly his imaginative references to monasteries, convents, Shahneh, and muhtasib, ignored the religious taboos of his period, and he found humor in some of his society's religious doctrines. Employing humor polemically has since become a common practice in Iranian public discourse and persian satire is now perhaps the de facto language of Iranian social commentary.
His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, influencing post-14th century Persian writing more than any other author
Themes of his ghazals are the beloved, faith, and exposing hypocrisy. His influence in the lives of Persian speakers can be found in "Hafez readings" (f膩l-e h膩fez, Persian: 賮丕賱 丨丕賮馗鈥庘€�) and the frequent use of his poems in Persian traditional music, visual art, and Persian calligraphy. His tomb is visited often. Adaptations, imitations and translations of his poems exist in all major languages.
Though Hafez is well known for his poetry, he is less commonly recognized for his intellectual and political contributions. A defining feature of Hafez' poetry is its ironic tone and the theme of hypocrisy, widely believed to be a critique of the religious and ruling establishments of the time. Persian satire developed during the 14th century, within the courts of the Mongol Period. In this period, Hafez and other notable early satirists, such as Ubayd Zakani, produced a body of work that has since become a template for the use of satire as a political device. Many of his critiques are believed to be targeted at the rule of Amir Mobarez Al-Din Mohammad, specifically, towards the disintegration of important public and private institutions. He was a Sufi Muslim.
His work, particularly his imaginative references to monasteries, convents, Shahneh, and muhtasib, ignored the religious taboos of his period, and he found humor in some of his society's religious doctrines. Employing humor polemically has since become a common practice in Iranian public discourse and persian satire is now perhaps the de facto language of Iranian social commentary.
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