Hafez's works and its influence

He has more than 500 ~ 900 poems in his life, mainly Ghazal (a lyric style in Persian classical poetry), and his collection of poems includes Tiffany. Hafez's poetry and religious thoughts are considered to be deeply influenced by Sufism, but he is extremely opposed to religious dogma and pursues spiritual freedom. The most common themes in his poems are love and wine, and there are also praises for the beautiful scenery of Shiraz, as well as attacks on dark, corrupt, hypocritical upper-class religions and secular rulers.

Hafez's works not only have an important position in the history of Persian literature, but also have a great influence on European literature. /kloc-Goethe, the greatest German poet in the 0/8th century, inspired by Hafez's poems, wrote Poems of West and East, and dedicated some poems to Hafez. He said, "Hafez, unless I am crazy, I will compare myself with you." You are a big ship full of sails and braving the wind and waves, and I am just a small boat bumping up and down in the waves. "As early as the middle of18th century, Hafez's works have been translated into Latin and introduced to Europe. Later, around 177 1, william jones, a British orientalist, translated Hafez's poems into English, French, Latin and Greek, which promoted their wide spread in Europe. Many great poets such as Pushkin, lermontov, Ye Saining, Emerson and philosophers such as Nietzsche, Dana, Hegel and Engels praised Hafez. India issued a stamp in memory of Hafez in 2004. Many Iranians use Hafez's poems for divination. Iranian families often keep a book of Hafez's poems at home. When they get together at Nauruz Festival or Yaldā, they will randomly open a page of ode and read the poems on that page. They believe that this page of poetry will predict their future.