These Hafiz quotes are about love, the heart, and friendship, but are they really his? Xāwje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, or Hafez, as he is more commonly referred to, was a 14th-century Persian poet.
You will see his name spelled both with an “i” and “e” and both are accepted spellings. What does his pen name mean? Well, it is an Arabic word meaning “one who remembers” and “keeper.” The meaning of his name seems to fit poetically with a man who wrote poems about love and life.
Coupled with the fact that his popular works are often found in the homes of people living in Persian-speaking areas, who learn his poems by heart.
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