Le livre, livré avec l'étiquette "reconditionnement par la poste" est arrivé froissé, en particulier les dernières pages. . . L'ouvrage est imprimé sur papier bible, et la brutalité des postiers a gravement plié, abimé les dernières pages. Je vais tenter de les aplanir, et si je n'y parviens pas, réclamerai le remplacement ou le remboursement. Je garde le paquet détérioré avec l'étiquette de la Poste, qui se distingue à nouveau par la brutalité et la vulgarité de ses procédés. S'agissant de Hafez, il est difficile de se plonger dans cet océan de subtilités quand le vaisseau qui les contient est ainsi mis à mal ! Tout ceci est lamentable, un des innombrables "signe des temps" qui jalonnent notre vie "moderne". Read more

L'oeuvre de traduction de l'auteur est incroyable. Tous les poèmes sont remarquablement traduit. Toutefois, ne vous attendez pas à retrouver des interpretations de fâl, les interpretations fournis pas l'auteur permette de comprendre le sens d'un mot et parfois replacer dans un contexte. Read more

I don't read Farsi and I was told by a scholar that this translation was better than any English language ones available. I am full of admiration and respect for the thoughtful care, sensitivity and loving devotion with which the translator/commentator has treated the material. If you read French, this is the volume of Hafez to own. Read more

Easily the best edition of these poems -- if you can't read Persian but can read French. The translation is very skilfully managed -- with just the right balance between literalness and paraphrase -- and shows great sensitivity to both the originals and what you can do well in the French language. Each poem is accompanied by a detailed commentary, without which much in these extremely allusive poems, with an often elusive sequence of thought, would be lost by a reader without expertise in Persian poetry. On top of all this, the volume is beautifully produced, and despite its 1,200 pages will just fit into your pocket. Read more

If you can read french, this edition of the complete Hafez far surpasses anything I've come across in english. Every poem is followed by copious notes explaining themes, rhythm, specific words. M. de Fourchecour has done an amazing job. Hafez provides a great antidote to the salafist movement currently bringing shame and destruction to Islam. He ought to be more widely read in the west and throughout the Muslim world. Hafez is a universal writer that can appeal to people of any faith and even atheists who are not troubled by reading spiritual poetry. Read more