Speak Hafez! On the world's page trace Your poems' narrative; The words your pen writes will have life When you no longer live. - Hafez

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Speak Hafez! On the world's page trace
Your poems' narrative;
The words your pen writes will have life
When you no longer live.

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About Hafez

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (known by his pen name Hafez or Hāfiz) (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian mystic poet.

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Also Known As

Native Name: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی
Alternative Names: of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad Anacreon of Persia Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi Ḥāfeẓ Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ Ḥāfiẓ Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī Shams-ud-Din Mohammed Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ Hafiz Khafiz Hafis Haafiz Häfiz
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My Brilliant Image One day the sun admitted,
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The Infinite Incandescence (Tej)
That has cast my brilliant image!
I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!

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