In Pursuit of the Familiar – First Volume

The text discusses the engineering of speech in the poetry of Hafez, with the first book examining three discourses on the language and artistic expression of Hafez. In the first discourse, the author analyzes the solid and unchangeable geometry and norms of Hafez’s speech. In the second discourse, by reviewing many variant editions and efforts, as well as some techniques used by Hafez to achieve such geometry and norms, the author presents his findings. In the third discourse, it’s revealed that the term “bitter-like” in “that bitter-like which the Sufi called the mother of vices” might be a transformed version of “pleasantly bitter.” Throughout all three discourses, various and perhaps unspoken points regarding Hafez’s artistic techniques and the clarification of some complexities in his speech are provided. The second book in pursuit of that familiarity, titled “Familiar Strangers,” has been published by the same publisher.