Beloved: 81 poems from Hafez by Hafez, transl. by Mario Petrucci Christopher Whyte Eliot Prize and The Whole

Eliot Prize and The Whole & Rain-domed Universe

and the memories they evoke

and the stars turn green

but the collection included both material culled from a recently recovered 1906 daybook and a final set of poems written over the last two years of his life

Paul Celan or Jacques Brel

Beloved: 81 poems from Hafez by Hafez, transl. by Mario Petrucci Christopher Whyte Eliot Prize and The WholePublished 27th September 2018 Hafez is among the most celebrated of Persian mystic poets, thriving alongside such towering figures as Rumi and Saadi. Ubiquitous in Iran, he has also been hugely influential in the West. Interpreted variously as ardent mystic and lover, he fuses earthly and divine love with an intense constancy as momentously productive as Dante's courtly adoration for Beatrice. Across intimidating obstacles of time and culture, Beloved