Product Description
The Nightingales are Drunk
Author(s): Hafez
Format: Paperback
'Drunk or sober, king or soldier, none will be excluded'
Sensual, profound, delighted, wise, Hafez's poems have enchanted their readers for more than 600 years. One of the greatest figures of world literature, he remains today the most popular poet in modern Iran.
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Rumi (1207-73). Rumi's Selected Poems is available in Penguin Classics.
About the Author
Hafez (c. 1315-1390) was a 14th-century poet from the city of Shiraz, Iran. Renowned for his lyrical poetry, particularly his ghazals, he remains among the most celebrated of the Persian poets and his influence is widely felt to this day.
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