Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (Persian: خواجه شمسالدین محمد حافظ شیرازی) known by his pen name Hāfez (حافظ; also Hāfiz; 1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian poet. His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran who learn his poems by heart and use them as proverbs and sayings to this day.
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