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The Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz (Library of Persian: Text and Contexts in Persian Religions and Spirituality) (Library of ... in Persian Religions and Spirituality)
The Green Sea of Heaven Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz - Library of Persian: Text and Contexts in Persian Religions and Spirituality - Library of ... in Persian Religions and Spirituality Author:Hafiz The Green Sea of Heaven is a groundbreaking work of translation of one of the greatest poets of world literature. Hafiz (14th century) was the unrivalled master of the Persian ghazal, a lyric form roughly equivalent to the English sonnet in length, intensity, and complexity. These fifty ghazals from his Divan (collected works) display Haf... more »iz's poetic genius, expressing his passion for the Divine Beloved and his scandalous (to the Muslim clergy of his day) exaltation of music and wine as vehicles of transcendence and religious ecstasy. This bilingual edition presents the ghazals of Hafiz in language that captures the intensity and complexity of the poet hailed by Persians as 'the tongue of the Invisible' and 'the interpreter of mysteries.'« less