Poems of Persian Poet Hafez

[Antonine]

Hafez, like Rumi, was an extremely influential Persian poet whose reach extends from the medieval period into the modern era. Many Persians have read him and Rumi, going so far as to memorize their poems as the Qur'an is memorized in that part of the world.

http://www.blackcatpoems.com/h/hafez.html
http://www.hafizonlove.com/divan/index.htm

[Cato]

I've read some of Rumi's poems (in English) but I've never heard of Hafez. Is he, like Rumi, something of a mystic?

[Antonine]

I've read some of Rumi's poems (in English) but I've never heard of Hafez. Is he, like Rumi, something of a mystic?

Yes.

[Óttar]

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