Very
little factual biographical information exists on the life of Hafez. He was
born in Shiraz around 1320, died around 1390 and is one of
Iran's great poets.
Hafez: Dance of Life contains 12 Hafez
poems with multiple perspectives. The translations are by the poet and
philosopher Michael Boylan, who also reads them in the audio; the
illuminations are by Hossein Zenderoudi (select any of the smaller images
on the poem page for a larger version); the Persian calligraphy is by
Amir Hossein Tabnak; the Persian reading is
by Nader Naderpour.
This bilingual audio visual web rendering also
includes transliterations of the Persian using a phonetic English script.