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Subject(s)

• Poets, Persian—747-1500 [Browse]
• Persian poetry—Translations into English [Browse]
• Ḥāfiẓ active 14th century—Poems Selections English [Browse]
• ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn -approximately 1370—Poems Selections English [Browse]

Writer of introduction

• Davis, Dick, 1945- [Browse]

Translator

• Davis, Dick, 1945- [Browse]

Related name

• Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century [Browse]
• ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn, -approximately 1370 [Browse]
• Jahān Malik Khātūn, active 14th century [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• poetry [Browse]

Series

Penguin classics deluxe edition [More in this series]

Summary note

"Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew support from arts-loving rulers during a time better known for its violence than its creative brilliance. Here Dick Davis, an award-winning poet widely considered "our finest translator of Persian poetry" (The Times Literary Supplement), presents a diverse selection of some of the best poems by these world-renowned authors and shows us the spiritual and secular aspects of love, in varieties embracing every aspect of the human heart."--Amazon.com.

Notes

• Poems.
• Includes indexes of English and Persian first lines.

Contents

• Hafez
• Jahan Malek Khatun
• Obayd-e Zakani.

ISBN

• 9781933823485 ((hardcover))
• 1933823488 ((hardcover))
• 9780143107286 ((paperback))
• 0143107283 ((paperback))

OCLC

837144766

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