The Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz

By (author): "Dariush Shayegan, Elizabeth T. Gray, Hafez"

Genres:Fiction books Poetry books Islam books

The Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz

ISBN1883991064

ISBN139781883991067

AsinThe Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz

Original titleThe Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Diwan of Hafiz (Library of Persian: Text and Contexts in Persian Religions and Spirituality) (Library

Hafiz is the preeminent poet of Persian Sufism and one of the great poets of world literature. The Green Sea of Heaven is regarded as the finest English translation of his poetry. Elizabeth Gray’s translations are informed by her thorough knowledge of Persian and the Persian poetic tradition. This bilingual edition also includes two brilliant studies of Hafiz by Gray and Daryush Shayegan, plus helpful notes to the translation.