Dars-i Hafiz - English
Ḥāfiẓ is widely considered the greatest Persian poet. His poetry is ever-present in the hearts and minds of Persianate peoples and it would not be hyperbole to count his work a pillar of modern Iranian identity and culture.
Study Iran’s Most Important Poet
Ḥāfiẓ’s poems are memorized in schools, painted on walls, tattooed, sung in both classical and contemporary music, quoted by taxi drivers, and woven into rugs.
Heritage speakers of Persian find his poetry elusive. The hard-to-read nastaʿlīq script and poetic language shrouded in metaphor and mystery make Ḥāfiz especially hard to decipher, but his work is a window into the Persian language and culture.
Join us as we demystify this classic work of Persian literature.
Hear from our students
“Learning Hafiz from Ustād Muhammad has made me so much more comfortable with my own faith journey. Questioning every aspect of belief, getting frustrated with hypocrisy, practicing extreme asceticism, embracing the life of the world ... he did it all and wrote poetry about it.”
Nadia, USA
What You’ll Learn
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Course Introduction - Part 1
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Course Introduction - Part 2
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Who is Hafiz Really
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Hafiz, the Ghazal, and Translation
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Hafiz and Religion
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Hafiz, the Magis, and Their Elder
- 21 lessons
- 14 hours of video content
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Meet your teacher
Muhammad Ali Mojaradi
Founder, Instructor, Translator
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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.