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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Hafiz or Hafez is a 14th century Persian poet. This is a modern translation of of his odes. He seems to have been quite a libertine, especially by 14th century standards!
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At least if his poems are meant to be read literally I'm not sure I like this translation. On a poetic level, it just doesn't flow well. While they are occasional bright spots, it generally has the feel of 4th grade poetry.
I also have reason to suspect that this translation is rather loose in diverting from the text. Of Hafiz or Hafez is a 14th century Persian poet. I plan to read a different translation of Hafiz's poems, probably Richard Le Gallienne's translation.
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I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Showing of 2 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This book was for me very different from other books of Persian Poets like Hafiz and Rumi that I have read and loved, for two reasons: The translation keeps a rhythm and rhyme in the poems and this often requires an "artificial" word order of some lines, which reduces the smooth flow of absorbing the meaning while reading.
There is a great similarity in the general content of the poems, as the poet tends to describe his feelings with very direct reference to the love of a man for a woman. Because of these two factors together, I did not like this book as much as I have liked other books with poems of Hafiz.