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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
Hafez
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Shiraz city
Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī
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Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
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Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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