Hafiz Reading Circle

Join us as we read Hafiz every Saturday at 10:30 AM EST.

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Iran’s most famous & misunderstood poet

For a thousand years Hafiz has stirred hearts. See what the tears and emotions are all about.

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Read the original Hafiz

No more orientalist translations.

Access never-before-translated commentaries

Sufi teachers from Turkey, Iran, and South Asia will guide us.

Improve your Persian

The class is bi-lingual, but if you know Persian, you will improve.

Discover the Iranian spirit

Why is a poet’s grave a place of pilgrimage? Why do we turn to Hafiz in times of need?

Join a community of poetry lovers

You’re not alone. We love poetry as much as you.

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About this course

39 lessons
38 hours of video content

Meet your teacher

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi

Founder, Instructor, Translator

[email protected]

From Detroit, Michigan with roots in Tehran, Iran, Muhammad Ali (@sharghzadeh) founded Persian Poetics in 2018. He has been teaching classical Persian literature for four years. His first book, “The Flame of Love” (Simon & Schuster) is forthcoming.

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Class 1—Introduction

Class 2—Ḥāfiẓ’s Life and Times

Class 3—Making Sense of Ḥāfiẓ, the Dīwān

Class 4—Ghazal 1: alā yā ayyuhās-sāqī

Class 5—Ghazal 2: ṣalāḥ-i kār kujā, Ghazal 3: agar ān turk-i shīrāzī

Class 6—Ghazal 4: ṣabā ba-lutf bigū, Ghazal 5 dil me-rawad zi dastam

Class 7—Ghazal 6: ba mulaziman-i sultan, Ghazal 7: sūfī biyā, Ghazal 8: sāqiyā barkhez

Class 8—Ghazal 9: rawnaq-i ʿahd-i shabāb, Ghazal 10: dosh az masjid, Ghazal 11: sāqī ba-nūr-i bāda

Class 9—Ghazal 12: ay furogh-i māh-i ḥusn, Ghazal 13: me-damad ṣubḥ

Class 10—Ghazal 14: guftam ay sulṭān

Class 11—Ghazal 15: ay shāhid-i qudsī, Ghazal 16: khamī ki abrū-yi shokh

Class 12—Ghazal 17: sīna az ātash-i dil, Ghazal 18: sāqiyā āmadan-i ʿīd

Class 13—Ghazal 19: ay nasīm-i saḥar, Ghazal 20: roza yak-sū shud, Ghazal 21: dil o dīnam shud

Class 14—Ghazal 22: chu bishnawī sukhan, Ghazal 23: khayāl-i rū-yi tu

Class 15—Ghazal 24: maṭalab ṭāʿat, Ghazal 25: shikufta shud gul

Class 16—Ghazal 26: zulf-āshufta, Ghazal 27: day dayr-i mughān āmad, Ghazal 28: ba-jān-i khwāja

Class 17—Ghazal 29: mā ra zi khayāl-i tu, Ghazal 30: zulfat hazār dil, Ghazal 31: ān shab-i qadrī

Class 18—Ghazal 32: khudā chu ṣūrat, Ghazal 33: khalwat guzīda rā

Class 19—Ghazal 34: riwāq-i manzar, Ghazal 35: biraw ba-kār-i khwad, Ghazal 36: tā sar-i zulf-i tu

Class 20—Ghazal 37: biyā ki qaṣr-i amal, Ghazal 38: be-mihr-i rukhat, Ghazal 39: bāgh-i marā chi ḥājat

Class 21—Ghazal 40: al-minnatū lillah, Ghazal 41: agar-chi bāda, Ghazal 42: ḥāl-i dil

Class 22—Ghazal 43: ṣaḥn-i bustān, Ghazal 44: kunūn ki bar kaf-i gul, Ghazal 45: dar īn zamāna, Ghazal 46: gul dar bar

Class 23—Ghazal 47: ba-kū-yi may-kada, Ghazal 48: sūfī az partaw-i may

Class 24—Ghazal 49: rawza-yi khuld-i barīn, Ghazal 50: ba-dām-i zulf-i tu, Ghazal 51: laʿl-i serāb - 12 April 2025

Class 25—Ghazal 52: rozagārīst ki sawdā, Ghazal 53: manam ki gosha, Ghazal 54: zi girya mardum

Class 26—Ghazal 55: kham-i zulf-i tu, Ghazal 56: dil sar-āparda

Class 27—Ghazal 57: ān siyāh-charda, Ghazal 58: sar-i irādat-i mā

Class 28—Ghazal 59: dāram ummed-i ʿātifatī, Ghazal 60: ān payk-i nām-war

Class 29—Ghazal 61: sabā agar guzarī, Ghazal 62: marhabā ay payk, Ghazal 63: rū-yi tu kas nadīd

Class 30—Ghazal 64: agar-chi arz-i hunar, Ghazal 65: khwash-tar zi ʿaysh, Ghazal 66: binal bulbul

Class 31—Ghazal 67: yā rabb īn shamʿ, Ghazal 68: māham īn hafta

Class 32—Ghazal 69: kas nīst ki uftāda, Ghazal 70: mardum-i dīda-yi mā

Class 33—Ghazal 71: zāhid-i zāhir-parast, Ghazal 72: rāhīst rāh-i ʿishq

Class 34—Ghazal 73: rawshan az partaw

Class 35—Ghazal 74: hāsil-i kār-gah-i kawn, Ghazal 75: khwāb-i ān nargis

Class 36—Ghazal 76: juz āstan-i tuʾam, Ghazal 77: bulbulī barg-i gulī

Class 37—Ghazal 78: dīdī ki yār, Ghazal 79: kunūn ki me-damad, Ghazal 80: ʿayb-i rindān makun

Class 38—Ghazal 81: subh-dam murgh, Ghazal 82: ān turk-i parī-chira

Class 39—Ghazal 83: gar zi dast-i zulf, Ghazal 84: sāqī biyār bāda, Ghazal 85: sharbatī az lab

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