Hafiz, Poet of Shiraz

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Hafizحافظ

Approximate dateShiraz

A poet of Shiraz whose lyrics are the most loved in the Persian language.

He took his pen-name from having memorised the Quran. His Divan of ghazals speaks of love, wine and longing in images that readers have long read as symbols of love for God. Many Persian homes keep a copy beside the Quran.

What grew out of it?

His tomb in Shiraz is a place of pilgrimage for poetry lovers.

Source: history · Wikipedia

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