An inspirational compilation of poetry by the renowned Sufi mystic brings together the spiritual writings of one of Islam's greatest poets in a collection that follows the various stages of a mystic's 'path of love' to growth and transformation. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

A collection of poetry by the great fourteenth-century Persian writer explores the subjects of love, wisdom, and profound spiritual meaning, in a volume from the translator of The Gift and Love Poems from God. Reprint.

A fresh translation of the Persian mystic poet's works offers verses on love and spiritual longing in the manner that Hafiz composed them: spoken or sung spontaneously amid companions and inspired period music.

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This representative collection shows how the revered Persian poet expanded the mystical healing dimensions of poetry with ecstatic love songs from God to the world, gaining him the nickname 'Invisible Tongue.' Read by Daniel Ladinsky.

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Product Description: Includes Bell's translation of Hafez, along with the original Persian (Farsi). Also included are Bell's extensive introduction on the life and poetry of Hafez and a preface by E. Denison Ross. As E.G. Browne has commented: "Bells translations are true poetry of a very high order and, with perhaps the single exception of FitzGerald's paraphrase of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, are probably the finest and most truly poetical renderings of any Persian poet ever produced in the English language...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hāfiz, the greatest lyric poet of Persia, was first introduced to English readers in the translation by Sir William Jones in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The present selection (fifty poems, with their English poetical versions by fourteen different hands) has the double object of exhibiting the various aspects of Hāfiz' style and thought, and of representing how English scholars have attempted to render his poetry in their own language. Professor Arberry writes a long introduction, biographical and critical, suggesting fresh approaches to the study and some lines along which future research might with advantage be directed. The fifty Persian texts are printed first; these are followed by the English translations, and these again by the editor's notes on the texts.