Ahli Shirazi

Ahli Shirazi (1454 – 1535) was a Persian poet, who lived in Shiraz. Quotes One night I saw Master Hafiz in a dream;I said, 'O thou who art peerless in excellence and learningWherefore didst thou take to thyself this verse of Yazid,Notwithstanding all this virtue and eminence?'He answered, 'Thou understandest not this matter;The infidel's goods are lawful spoil to the true believer! translated by Edward. G. Browne, A Literary History of Persia, 1909, p.225 See also Hafez Kuthayyir External links Category:1454 births Category:1535 deaths Category:Persian literature Category:Poets from Iran Category:16th-century Persian poets Category:15th-century Persian poets