shamsaddin muhammad, known better by his pen name, hafis of shiraz, is one of the most beloved of iranian poets. if a book of poet tree is to be found an iranian home, it is likely to be the divon of hofez or hafis's collected poems. of by tradition, iranian people read hoffis in private, in public and on different national occasions such as nourus, the iranian new year, or yaldon night, an asian festival in iran, celebrated in the winter salstic. in a

world that he has created, hofis shares his views on humanity, tells us about his philosophical mussings, moral precepts, the nature of love, life and destiny, and encourages to make them most of the moment, not in a dry didactic way, but through his fertile imagination, polish diction, best choice of wars and melodious expressions. the iranian people take great pride in their 14th. poet and celebrate a national day in his loving memory. the 20th of may on the iranian calendar, which usually falls on october 12th, is celebrated annually as hoffice day. many scholars, writers and hofes lovers from around the world come to iran on this day to mark the occasion at hafes's tumb in shiraz.

shamseddin mohammad gained his subrek hafiz literally meaning a person who knows something important by heart because he could recite the holy quran completely by heart in 14. different ways. hofez wrote some 500 gazals or sunnets over a period of 50 years, average around 10 sunnet a year. his poems of have been the subject of so much analysis, commentary and interpretation. one of the iranian admirers of hafez is behruz, an iranian theater director and pioneer of traditional persian puppet theater. i've said many times that hafez is the custodian.

iran's dna, you know that the characteristic of dna is that it can store information for a long time, and i believe that from hafis diwan we can understand many of our cultural and historical issues. his diwan is not merely a collection of romantic poems. hofe is leave during the reign of amer mubar, a man who pretended to be religious, but was a hypocrite indeed. he was cruel to others if they didn't observe islamic rules, but when it came to himself, he was not that a strict. or what is called fall in iran. it is ancient tradition when the reader asks hoffis for advice when facing a difficulty or an important juncture in life and treats the book like an oracle. after all, the nickname for hafies is lisanol, which means the tongue of the unseen. let's see what happhes sees.

یوسفگشته باز آید به کنعان غم مخور کلبه احسان شود روزی گلستان غr your lost joseph will return to canan, do not grieve, this house of sorrows will become a garden, do not grieve, you tell me why you want to take part in the commemoration ceremony of hafez, why hafez and why not other poets? why are you so passionate about hafez but? to know more, we met with dr.hani, a prolip writer and a professor of persian language and literature. hafes was a man of learning, he expressed many things in his poems, a great variety of subject matters. you may have noticed young people love hafez, so do old people. when a

common person reads halfez, they can enjoy it, when a scholar reads halfez, they also enjoy it. everyone thinks that they can appreciate hafez, and this is the main feature of harphes's poems. in the presence of professor sabhani, we consulted hafiz by opening his divan. now let's open haphes divan. he might offer us a poem having to do with the current situation. i suggest you open the book, but before it, please otter what we say before opening the book. oh, hafes of shiraz, look upon us in favor. then open halfes and let's see what he said.

together by a single meter, a single rhyme and sometimes radif, that is a word or a phrase repeated at the end of each line. the first line usually sets the mood of each poem, but this is hardly followed through in all the lines. this is dr. ahmad tamim dari, a full professor of persian language and literature at allame university. he told us an essential difference between eastern and western poێت. بله شعری با شعر شرقی. یکی از دانشم writes that western poetry is written in the form of letter, which means that all its parts are connected step by step, but in eastern poetry, especially in this sonnet,

the poet deals with various themes. a typical eastern poem has a circular form, he says that oriental poetry has a central core from where various theems emanate, it is true that eastern poems are psychologically and intellectually related each other, but they appear to be unrelated on the surface. you might even change the arrangement of lines in eastern poetry, sometimes, but you cannot do this in western poems, is one of the differences between eastern and western poetry. the thought or sentiment in other lines is determined by several. factors such as the general mood or motivation involved in composing the ghazal or even a consideration the musical mode or melody intended for each line as the gazals of hafez seem to have been written to be sung as well as read. آارت به

دل پیغام وانگه به hoffice's poetry possesses the ability to comfort, inliven and enrich those in need. a gazal or sunnet by definition has love as its main subject matter. in his gazals, hafis sings with great passion of the... of love, the unmatched beauty of the beloved, the pains of separation, the rare pleasure of union, and the disdain of the beloved. dr. tamim dari told us it's naive to take wine a motive's poems at face value. شراب تههور الهی

متفاوت. so it is clear that hafas differentiates between grape wine and divine pure. wine and these two are different from each other. if we assume that the meaning of wine in half's poems is a drink that causes all kinds of diseases. it is really very bad taste. there's nothing poetic about it. it must be a bad taste for a great poet like half is to discuss only alcoholic drinks, which is a harmful thing, so something else must be behind it. it must be metaforic. mistake, however to think that love is the major theme of hafes's poems. hafez includes in his gazals a theme that is not lyrical at all and a far cry from love poetry. about the major theme of hoffes poems. now he has chosen the literary uh genre of lyric poetry

or gazal which is famously used to express the concept of love. do you think this is the case that the major theme of hoffe's poems is love? ببینید اینکه میگن غزل فقط برای عشق گفته شده نهal with love, but it is not like that. of course, one of the themes of the kazali's law, this poetic form, when used by hafas, also contains themes related to wisdom, philosophy, koranic verses and hadis. the reason why hafas's poems have been popular in the world throughout history is that you can find in his poems, in addition to love, themes related to life, human experience, and social criticism, so on. as a man of learning with reformers ambition. hafis was a critic the ills of his society, he was determined to

expose the hypocrisy of all those had set themselves up as guardians, judges and examples of moral correctness. in his poems he attacks the false figures of religious authority. من اگر نگاهی بگزینم. since the city's preacher has chosen to love the prince and the... police chief, what if i have chosen to love a pretty face? half as satire, often takes a humorous turn through the use of irony and فقیه مدرسه د بود و فتوا داد که می حرام ولی به zem اوقاف. the seminary scholar was drunk yesterday and made a ruling that wine is forbidden, but not so bad as dipping into the funds of religious endowments. چانا چه گویم شرح فراغم چشمی آصدن

جانانی آسدامه کشفكن یا جانجان. آیین تقما مایزانیم لییکنچاره با بخت گمراه ما شیخ و باز کمتر شناسی یا جانبانه

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there are lines that show how familiar hafies is with islamic teachings. after all, he is a muslim, brought up in a muslim environment, educated in traditional. religious schools and immers in islamic culture, what distinguishes hafies from other poets? says it is love for humanity that might help you out, otherwise you would be loser, and if you likes know the quran by hard in 14 different ways. you ask me why we should read hafes? my answer is look at daish, they have represented through wrongfully a cruel image of islam as amir mubar did. so time has not changed that much in this regard. opera to

stage more than decade ago. in it he tried to offer what he called the real image of the persian poet, a muslim in the real sense of the world. a man with the heart of gold. hoffes knew the iranian nation inside out. he can learn from hoffes how to love humanity, how to avoid. apocracy and how to adore the world. i think the hoff is i'm talking about is unknown to many. some might think he was a materialist. at the opposite end of the spectrum, some might say that his divan is in fact the...

به شعر خوش حافظ بیا که نوبت بغداد و وقتیز این نیز گفتم هر آن کسی که در این حلقه نیست زنده به عشق برون مرده به فتواای من نماز کنید زاویه نگاه من through the medium of opera. it is very regrettable that hafes cannot be translated because his language is musical and therefore much is lost in translation, so i adopted a musical language, that is opera to preserve his musical language. a muslim

poet living in the 14th century could his. holes be interesting enough for the rest of the world. yuhan wolf gang von gottes says yes, the most renowned poet of german literature was deeply interested in hofez's poems. gote first took interest in hofez when composing romantic poems, but later on it was the mystical aspects of hoffes's poems that attracted him. the influence of hofez on gotte was so deep that he named a collection of his poems, the west-eastern divan. famously said hafez has no peer. as for hafes and the question that if you really need to read herphes, i should say that herfers can help you change your world we for the better. his poems are so deep that gute says, i wish i was the student of hafes a student. when haves says, rise, oh karbera, rise and bring

to lips that are thirsting, the ball they praise, for it seem that love was easy thing. but my feet have fallen on difficult ways. the meaning of these lines could be understood 50 centuries from now. everyone can understand that it is difficult to remain in love because you need to remain honest, kind and self-sacrificing. when you understand this point, it means hoffes is still alive and is still relevant to this time as well. in the united states to ralph waldo emerson, hoffids was one of the seven literary wonders of the world. as emerson said of hafiz, he fears nothing, he sees too far, he sees throughout, such as the only man i wish to see or be, and emerson gave hoffis that famous compliment, hoffis is poet for poets. what is the standing or the status of hoffis in english-speaking countries? can you name certain uh literary scholars that have

been inspired or perhaps impacted by office? in england, many poets paid attention to halford's poetry, as many poets did later in the united states. for example, in america, one of the greatest poets that you must have heard of is ralph wild emerson, in the 18th century, was the national poet at that time. he used many of hafas's themes to compose his own poems, or benjamin franklin is another famous person influenced by halfis in persian poetry in england. and america, which have translated into farcy, nearly 500 poets and writers have been mentioned as those influenced by persian poetry, especially by hafas's poetry. hafas was also admired by such diverse notables as niche and arthur khanon doyle. garcia lorka praised the poet.

german composer johannes broms was so touched by hafis's poems that he used. several of them in his compositions, and even queen victoria reportedly consulted huffis in times of need. the list of his famous admirers goes on and on. in hundreds of ways, halfes adresses what impeeds us from living a more fulfilled life, giving us hope even in the worst of times. the 14th century poet's work is not just beautiful, it is useful too. hafis passed away in late 1380. or early 1389 at the age of 69, his memory lives on as his poem still mesmerize the world. that's all for today. thank you for watching from the whole team, i hope you enjoyed this edition and found it inspiring, please do tune in, same time next week and each week after, don't forget to leave your comments and topic

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the 2015 us attack on the msf hospital in kunduz underscored the inherent challenges of conducting military operations in densely populated. and the crucial need for clear rules of engagement to protect civilian infrastructure. the incidents also highlighted the importance of robust mechanisms for independent investigations and accountability to prevent such tragedies and uphold international humanitarian law. in the we hours of october 3rd 2015, as people in their homes and patients in the msf hospital in kundus were asleep. a united states air force ac-130. one ship opened fire on the hospital. total of 211 shells were fired, 42 people were killed including medical staff and patients, many others were injured.

according to the msf, quote, our patients burned in their beds, our medical staff were decapitated or lost limbs. others were shot from the air while they fled the burning building. the attack lasted for around one hour, quote, the main hospital building came under precise and repeated air strikes while surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched. the charity medical organization said that for the entire one hour, its team, quote, desperately called military authorities to stop the attack. the hospital which provided vital medical assistance to the wartorn region was reduced to rubble. the initial justifications provided by the united states for the attack raised eyebrow. among international observers, the us military claimed that it was targeting taliban militants who had allegedly taken over in the hospital leading to the tragic incident.

however, subsequent investigations and eyewitness accounts offered a different narrative suggesting that there were no armed combatints within the hospital compound at the time of the attack. the attack on the msf hospital sported immediate international outrage, humanity. organizations, governments and the public demanded independent investigations into the incidents. the united states eventually launched its own investigation, acknowledging that the hospital had been mistakenly targeted due to human and technical errors. this admission further fueled calls for greater transparency and accountability in military operations. the repercussions of the condus hospital attack extended beyond the immediate loss. of life and destruction. the incidents highlighted the challenges faced by medical personnel working in conflict zones and renewed discussions about the protection of healthcare facilities during armed conflict.

the attack also strange relations between the united states and the msf with the organization calling for an independent international investigation into the incident. the conduz hospital attack raised important legal and ethical questions regarding the conduct of warfare. international humanitarian law prohibits attacks on medical facilities and recognizes the protected status of medical personnel and patients in armed conflict. "the incidents uh renewed discussions on the need for enhanced training, improved rules of engagement and a stricter adherence to international humanitarian law to prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future. in the aftermath of the attack, the united states expressed regrets and offered compensation to the victims and their families. however, for many, the compensation alone was not enough to address the profound loss and trauma

experienced." calls for accountability and justice continued and people demanded that those responsible be held to account for their actions. even though many civilians were killed and injured by the us in that attack, the us government acted slowly and reluctantly to clarify the details and no one was held accountable. the loss of life and the other casualties were ultimately conveniently. described as collateral damage, and so the united states got away with yet another military strike on civilians in foreign lands.

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