Hafiz, << hah FIHZ >> (1325?-1389?) was the pen name of Shamsu’d-din Mohammad, considered the greatest lyric poet in the Persian language. Hafiz’s divan (collected works) consist almost entirely of short to moderate length lyrical works called ghazals. The people of Persia (now Iran) called him “the Tongue of the Unseen” because of the sweetness and beauty of his lyrics. Hafiz was born and died in Shiraz, a city to which he showed great attachment in his poems.
