Hafiz's Little Book of Life

<p><b>Silver Winner Focused Topic-Translation Nautilus Book Awards</b></p><p><b>Delicate and tough a crafted danger full of wit as well as abandon Hafiz's lyric is one of the rare mysteries of world literature.<br>--Coleman Barks author and translator of <i>The Essential Rumi</i> <p/></b><b>I have this gem and it's looking for a beholder </b> <p/>Hafiz of Shiraz (also known as Hafez) remains the most beloved name in all of Persian literature. Indeed his mystic lyric poetry is cherished as one of the great achievements of world literature on a par with Dante Goethe and Shakespeare. <p/><i><b>Hafiz's Little Book of Life</b></i> is a lush collection of more than 250 selections from his lifework. Also included is a vivid portrait of his life and times translators' notes an extensive glossary a bibliography and an appendix on Hafiz as an oracle. Here are classic soaring flights of fancy and solid life lessons--made new by two award-winning translators. <p/>This is the perfect introduction to Hafiz for all lovers of poetry and seekers of love spirituality and wisdom. Let the unforgettable words of Hafiz shine through you with their love profundity wit and celebration of life. <p/>This is translation as a real 'carrying-across ' as art not artifact . . . this one drops the reader/listener directly into their own soul-struggle. Immerse yourself and be transformed! --Neil Douglas-Klotz author of <i>The Sufi Book of Life</i> and <i>A Little Book of Sufi Stories</i> <p/>From the first page you are invited to settle into a sublime sanctuary and partake in enchantment until you feel the Beloved inside your beating heart and running through your veins. --Ari Honarvar author of<i> A Girl Called Rumi</i></p>