Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) was an adventurer, scholar, linguist and British intelligence officer. Bell's courageous travels in the Islamic world of the Middle East in the late nineteenth century offered some of the first Western understandings of the culture and people of the lands of modern-day Iraq and Iran. Her translations of the poems of Hafiz are still considered by many scholars to be the most faithful of any in the English language.Ibrahim Gamard is a member of the Mevlevi Order, a 730-year-old Sufi order which originated with Rumi himself.

• Preface by Ibrahim Gamard 1Who Is Hafiz? 11A Short Introduction to Hafiz's Mysticism 33The Poems 45Notes to the Poems 99Notes 115About the Translator 117Index of Poems (by title) 119Index of First Lines 121Other Books in the Mystic Poets Series 123

Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) was an adventurer, scholar, linguist and British intelligence officer. Bell's courageous travels in the Islamic world of the Middle East in the late nineteenth century offered some of the first Western understandings of the culture and people of the lands of modern-day Iraq and Iran. Her translations of the poems of Hafiz are still considered by many scholars to be the most faithful of any in the English language.Ibrahim Gamard is a member of the Mevlevi Order, a 730-year-old Sufi order which originated with Rumi himself.

• Preface by Ibrahim Gamard 1Who Is Hafiz? 11A Short Introduction to Hafiz's Mysticism 33The Poems 45Notes to the Poems 99Notes 115About the Translator 117Index of Poems (by title) 119Index of First Lines 121Other Books in the Mystic Poets Series 123

Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) was an adventurer, scholar, linguist and British intelligence officer. Bell's courageous travels in the Islamic world of the Middle East in the late nineteenth century offered some of the first Western understandings of the culture and people of the lands of modern-day Iraq and Iran. Her translations of the poems of Hafiz are still considered by many scholars to be the most faithful of any in the English language.Ibrahim Gamard is a member of the Mevlevi Order, a 730-year-old Sufi order which originated with Rumi himself.

• Preface by Ibrahim Gamard 1Who Is Hafiz? 11A Short Introduction to Hafiz's Mysticism 33The Poems 45Notes to the Poems 99Notes 115About the Translator 117Index of Poems (by title) 119Index of First Lines 121Other Books in the Mystic Poets Series 123