The Rubaiyat of Hafiz
Translated by Syed Abdul Majid
Rendered into English verse by L. Cranmer-Byng
Narrated by Denis Daly
Khwaja Shamsuddin Mohammad, better known as Hafiz, was one of the greatest of classical Persian poets.
In the words of Edward Fitzgerald:
“Hafiz is the most Persian of the Persians. He is the best representative of their character, whether his Saki and wine be real or mystical. The religion and philosophy of other Persian poets is soon seen through, and always seems to me cuckooed over like a borrowed thing which people once having got, do not know how to parade enough. To be sure, their roses and nightingales are repeated often enough. But Hafiz and old Omar Khayyam ring like true metal."
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