Faces of Love av Hafez, Obayd-e Zakani, Jahan Malek Khatun

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<p><b>Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of fourteenth-century Persian literature.</b><br><br>Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew support from arts-loving rulers during a time better known for its violence than its creative brilliance. Here Dick Davis, an award-winning poet widely considered ''our finest translator of Persian poetry'' (<i>The Times Literary Supplement</i>), presents a diverse selection of some of the best poems by these world-renowned authors and shows us the spiritual and secular aspects of love, in varieties embracing every aspect of the