Thread by @OuissalHarize

#Dune Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz Al Shirazi (c. 1320-1389) was a Persian spiritual poet. He was called Lissan Al Ghaib [Tongue of the Unseen] because his poetry was so touching that it felt otherworldly🧵

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe both translated Hafiz. Emerson said of Hafiz: "Hafiz is a poet for poets" and Geothe said "Hafiz has no peer".

A ceramic tile shows a likeness of the poet Hafiz (Credit: De Agostini/Getty Images)

An illustration from a 19th-Century collection of Hafiz’s poems shows the poet offering his work to a patron (Credit: Wikipedia).

The tomb of the poet in the Iranian city of Shiraz is a popular tourist destination (Credit: Getty Images).

Check some translated poems
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allpoetry.com/Hafez-Shirazi

For more 👇
bbc.com/culture/articl…