Hafiz in Love: Selected Lyrical Verses
Autor Homa Katouzianen Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 dec 2026
Hafiz is one the most cherished classical Persian poets, his poetry adored in Iran and admired internationally by figures such as Goethe, whose West-Eastern Divan was inspired by the 14th-century master. This book presents new English translations of a selection of Hafiz's lyrical poems by Iran expert Homa Katouzian, focusing on Hafiz's core themes of love and wine as well as sheiks, Sufis and mysticism. Presenting the English translations alongside the original Persian text, this book will appeal to scholars and students of Persian literature and Iranian studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350643178
ISBN-10: 1350643173
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350643173
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgement
Introduction
On Love and Wine
1-Wine and the Beloved
2-The Smile of the Cup of Wine
3-Me and the Rejection of Wine, What Nonsense is this?
4- I Am the One Well Known in Town for Loving
5-You Must Be Majun Before Taking The First Necessary Step
6- I Am the One Whose Khanqah Is the Corner of the Winehouse
7- Give Me a Few Kisses Mixed with a Few Curses
8- When I Begin to Cry at the Aliens' Evening Prayers
9- God, to Whose Abode Does This Lovely Candle Belong?
10- Who am I to Pass by Your Scented Mind
11- Me, Refreshing Wine and a Houri-like Favourite
12- God, Let Him Be Well Wherever He May Be
13-The Time for Libertines and Their Joyful Ways has Come
14-Either a Goblet of Wine or a Short Sermon
15-Youthful Love
16-Why Worry about the Vile World, Try to Drink
17-Make the Most of the Rose Garden and Drink Wine
18-Even If I Lose My Head I Will Not Take it off Your Step
19-Where is a Mohtaseb to Catch a Drunk
20-People Said You Are the Contemporary Joseph
21-The Shrine of the World's Libertines
22-Ask for a Cup of Wine as You Need One
23-The Word of Lovers
24-Mention of Love is Not so Easy to Bring up to the Tongue
25-Before We Drank Sharbat From Her Ruby Lips, She Left
26-Shiraz, the Rokni Stream. and This Pleasant Breeze
27-It's Morning Saqi Fill a Bowl with Wine
28-I am a Lover, a Libertine and a Seeker of Pretty Youths
29-The Love of That Joyful, Tipsy Dancer, is My Buyer
30- What Is Nicer Than the Idea of Wine and Goblet?
31-The Thought of Your Beautiful Face is Always with Us
32-Hide the Goblet in Your Ragtag Sleeve
33-There Is No Thornless Flower
34-In the Magi's Tavern I See the Divine Light
35-They Did Not Treat Penniless and Desperate Strangers
36-I Went to the Tavern, Sleepy, Last Night
37-Demons Run Away from Those Who Recite The Koran
38-The Light of Your Beauty
39-Without the Charm of Your Face My Day is Lightless
40-Take the Goblet Since There is no Substitute for Dear Life
41-I Fear That Our Sadness Will Be Exposed by Tears
42-You Are Like Morning and I Am the Lovers' Candle at Dawn
43-I Must be Mad to Repent of Drinking Wine In the Spring
44-The Beloved's Injustice
45-The Fountain of the Eye
46-Companions Untie the Knot from the Beloved's Hair
47-Tell the Story of Love in the Tongue Which You Know
48-Would That They Open the Taverns' Door?
49-I am a Slave to Love and Thus Free from Both Worlds
50-The Sea of Love
51-Hoping That You Will Rise Like the Shining Sun
52-Beware of Drinking With the City Mohtaseb
53-Don't Tell the Critic the Secrets of Love and Drunkenness
54-Do Not Ask Anything of God But Wine and Love
55-In the Tears of My Eyes Many a Noha's Flood I've Seen
56-Why Should I Blame the Wine-Drinking Libertine
57-I Repented a Hundred Times and Will Not Any More
58-Now That You Are Old, Hafiz, Leave the Tavern
On General Subjects
1-The Breath of the Morning Zephyr will Spread Musk
2-We Get No Help from Anyone
3-The Lost Joseph Will Come Back to Canaan, Don't Despair
4-Not All Good-looking Persons Know How to Entice
5-We all harvest what we plant
6-When the Demon Leaves the Angel Arrives
7-Whose Martyrs Are So Many Wearing Bloody Shrouds
8-Our Jesus-like Beloved Killed Us With Her Vitalising Breaths!
9-The Sweet Word of Hafiz
10-The Clever Bird Will Not Fly to the Khanqah at Present
11-Greetings as Good as the Scent of Friendship
12-Let the Sufi Enjoy Moderate Drinking
13-The Sufi Learnt the Hidden Secret in Light of Wine
14-The World is Not Worth Spending One Moment with Sadness
15-I Went to the Garden One Morning to Pick a Flower
16-My Rival Likewise Will Not Remain in Favour
17-Hafiz, The Union With the Beloved Will Not Last Long
18-Hafiz Rolled the Barrel and the Mufti Took to the Cup
19-An Animal Who Does Not Drink and Become Human
20-Give Me a Few Kisses Mixed up with Curse
21-We Have Come Begging to the Royal Court
22-With a Bloody Heart Show Smiling Lips Like the Cup
23-It Begged of the Outsider What Itself Possessed
24-Thank God The Tavern Is Open
25-We Were Expecting Help from Our Friends
Of the Love of Shah Shoja'
1-It's Shah Shja''s Time, Bravely Drink Wine
2-The Boy of Shiraz
3-The Town Beggar Became Head of the Court
4-The Good Luck at Dawn
5-The Graceful Knight
6-Long Time and No Message
7-We'll Not Sell a Single Hair of His for the Whole World
8- I Long for the Moon-like Face of the Shah
On Sheikhs and Sufis
1-Drink Secretly or You Will be Punished
2-Wine is Haram but is Better than Abusing the Endowment Fund
3-The Sufi Set the Trap
4- Why Do Those Who Advise Repentance Themselves Not Repent
5-A Mystic Washed Himself With the Clean Water of Wine
6-The Home of Hafiz is the Shah's Palace
Purely Mystical
1-My Heart is the Royal Court of His Compassion
2-Love Appeared and Set Fire to the Whole Universe
3- Bride to a Thousand Grooms
Select Bibliography
Introduction
On Love and Wine
1-Wine and the Beloved
2-The Smile of the Cup of Wine
3-Me and the Rejection of Wine, What Nonsense is this?
4- I Am the One Well Known in Town for Loving
5-You Must Be Majun Before Taking The First Necessary Step
6- I Am the One Whose Khanqah Is the Corner of the Winehouse
7- Give Me a Few Kisses Mixed with a Few Curses
8- When I Begin to Cry at the Aliens' Evening Prayers
9- God, to Whose Abode Does This Lovely Candle Belong?
10- Who am I to Pass by Your Scented Mind
11- Me, Refreshing Wine and a Houri-like Favourite
12- God, Let Him Be Well Wherever He May Be
13-The Time for Libertines and Their Joyful Ways has Come
14-Either a Goblet of Wine or a Short Sermon
15-Youthful Love
16-Why Worry about the Vile World, Try to Drink
17-Make the Most of the Rose Garden and Drink Wine
18-Even If I Lose My Head I Will Not Take it off Your Step
19-Where is a Mohtaseb to Catch a Drunk
20-People Said You Are the Contemporary Joseph
21-The Shrine of the World's Libertines
22-Ask for a Cup of Wine as You Need One
23-The Word of Lovers
24-Mention of Love is Not so Easy to Bring up to the Tongue
25-Before We Drank Sharbat From Her Ruby Lips, She Left
26-Shiraz, the Rokni Stream. and This Pleasant Breeze
27-It's Morning Saqi Fill a Bowl with Wine
28-I am a Lover, a Libertine and a Seeker of Pretty Youths
29-The Love of That Joyful, Tipsy Dancer, is My Buyer
30- What Is Nicer Than the Idea of Wine and Goblet?
31-The Thought of Your Beautiful Face is Always with Us
32-Hide the Goblet in Your Ragtag Sleeve
33-There Is No Thornless Flower
34-In the Magi's Tavern I See the Divine Light
35-They Did Not Treat Penniless and Desperate Strangers
36-I Went to the Tavern, Sleepy, Last Night
37-Demons Run Away from Those Who Recite The Koran
38-The Light of Your Beauty
39-Without the Charm of Your Face My Day is Lightless
40-Take the Goblet Since There is no Substitute for Dear Life
41-I Fear That Our Sadness Will Be Exposed by Tears
42-You Are Like Morning and I Am the Lovers' Candle at Dawn
43-I Must be Mad to Repent of Drinking Wine In the Spring
44-The Beloved's Injustice
45-The Fountain of the Eye
46-Companions Untie the Knot from the Beloved's Hair
47-Tell the Story of Love in the Tongue Which You Know
48-Would That They Open the Taverns' Door?
49-I am a Slave to Love and Thus Free from Both Worlds
50-The Sea of Love
51-Hoping That You Will Rise Like the Shining Sun
52-Beware of Drinking With the City Mohtaseb
53-Don't Tell the Critic the Secrets of Love and Drunkenness
54-Do Not Ask Anything of God But Wine and Love
55-In the Tears of My Eyes Many a Noha's Flood I've Seen
56-Why Should I Blame the Wine-Drinking Libertine
57-I Repented a Hundred Times and Will Not Any More
58-Now That You Are Old, Hafiz, Leave the Tavern
On General Subjects
1-The Breath of the Morning Zephyr will Spread Musk
2-We Get No Help from Anyone
3-The Lost Joseph Will Come Back to Canaan, Don't Despair
4-Not All Good-looking Persons Know How to Entice
5-We all harvest what we plant
6-When the Demon Leaves the Angel Arrives
7-Whose Martyrs Are So Many Wearing Bloody Shrouds
8-Our Jesus-like Beloved Killed Us With Her Vitalising Breaths!
9-The Sweet Word of Hafiz
10-The Clever Bird Will Not Fly to the Khanqah at Present
11-Greetings as Good as the Scent of Friendship
12-Let the Sufi Enjoy Moderate Drinking
13-The Sufi Learnt the Hidden Secret in Light of Wine
14-The World is Not Worth Spending One Moment with Sadness
15-I Went to the Garden One Morning to Pick a Flower
16-My Rival Likewise Will Not Remain in Favour
17-Hafiz, The Union With the Beloved Will Not Last Long
18-Hafiz Rolled the Barrel and the Mufti Took to the Cup
19-An Animal Who Does Not Drink and Become Human
20-Give Me a Few Kisses Mixed up with Curse
21-We Have Come Begging to the Royal Court
22-With a Bloody Heart Show Smiling Lips Like the Cup
23-It Begged of the Outsider What Itself Possessed
24-Thank God The Tavern Is Open
25-We Were Expecting Help from Our Friends
Of the Love of Shah Shoja'
1-It's Shah Shja''s Time, Bravely Drink Wine
2-The Boy of Shiraz
3-The Town Beggar Became Head of the Court
4-The Good Luck at Dawn
5-The Graceful Knight
6-Long Time and No Message
7-We'll Not Sell a Single Hair of His for the Whole World
8- I Long for the Moon-like Face of the Shah
On Sheikhs and Sufis
1-Drink Secretly or You Will be Punished
2-Wine is Haram but is Better than Abusing the Endowment Fund
3-The Sufi Set the Trap
4- Why Do Those Who Advise Repentance Themselves Not Repent
5-A Mystic Washed Himself With the Clean Water of Wine
6-The Home of Hafiz is the Shah's Palace
Purely Mystical
1-My Heart is the Royal Court of His Compassion
2-Love Appeared and Set Fire to the Whole Universe
3- Bride to a Thousand Grooms
Select Bibliography
Recenzii
This collection samples Hafez's sensory richness, roses, wine, moon-faces, ruby lips, and fragrant hair, while preserving his self-address, festive imagery, joyful impiety, and the musical cadences of the original ghazals. From the libertine's tavern to the layered meanings of the original poems, these English renditions bring one of Persian poetry's greatest voices within reach of new readers.