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On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.

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Hafez
Lyricist
Poet
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Shiraz city
Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī
Ḥāfiz
Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
Ḥāfeẓ
Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
Ḥāfiẓ
of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad
Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī
Shams-ud-Din Mohammed
Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
Hafiz
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Haafiz
Häfiz
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