Hafez
Masnavi of the wild gazelle
Written work
Masnavi of the wild gazelle
مثنوی «الا ای آهوی وحشی» (Ala ey ahu-ye vahshi)
An elegy in rhyming couplets addressed to a wild gazelle, a companion in the solitude of the desert, lamenting the loss of friends. Its melancholy tone has made it a favourite text of Persian music: the composer Hossein Alizadeh titled one of his works *Ahu-ye vahshi* after these lines.
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Authorship note
A short masnavi included in the Qazvini-Ghani edition; its authenticity is not seriously disputed.
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Sources
- Hafez. Divan, texto según la edición de Mohammad Qazvini y Qasem Ghani (Teherán, 1320 Š./1941): 495 gazales, 3 casidas, 34 qit'as, 42 rubaiyat, Saqi-nama, masnaví «Ala ey ahu-ye vahshi», prefacio del compilador y 118 poemas atribuidos. Ganjoor (biblioteca digital de poesía persa).
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