Odes of Hafiz: Poetical Horoscope (English and Farsi Edition)

since I was a child I loved to read the Odes of Hafiz for fun.Now in US my children trying to learn Farsi, so I want to teach them the right materials and want them to have fun with it.I wish this book had a better binding, but I didn't look more for that quality.I would recommend it any time, it is a good book to read and have fun.

Truly a fantastic poetic horoscope. Everyone should have one!!!! So beautiful written and I bet so many of us could relate to it.

What a beautiful book! Everyone should invest in this one of a kind superb book. Full of enlightenment and joy🙌🙏

Good book to read

Excellent and beautiful translation of Hafez's poetry and staying true to its massage. Easy and fluent reading just as in original Persian version of it. Highly recommended.

my sister has the book. Its the best when you need a spiritual answer.I would highly recommend it.Odes its the best

It is a great piece of work and I loved the concept. I wish it had ALL the poems instead of selected many.

This book is wonderful for anyone not already familiar with the Odes of Hafiz. English speakers will easily grasp the flow and tenor of the original poems, however, anyone who speaks Farsi may find it simplistic and slightly bastardized. The original text is an influential, multilayered and lyrical masterpiece, one of the most influential writers from Persia. For the uninitiated Westerner, other translations may prove too difficult to grasp the intent and historical context in which the original was written. This author does a wonderful job of preserving the tone of the original in this translation to English, and the reader will detect mockery towards the reigning clergy and hierarchy of the day, that resonates with the current events of modern Iran and the Western experience. Hafiz wrote an incredibly rich and entertaining story with fascinating characters, that is adequately preserved in this translation. Also, this book is great at cocktail parties to entertain your friends by divining the answers to personal queries and can be eerily accurate! Just like a Magic Eight ball, but far more fun, detailed and lively.

It’s a great book but you need a magnifier to be able to read it comfortably. Also the interpretation is only in English. I thought the interpretation would be both in Farsi and English just like the Odes.