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| Scholars to commemorate Hafez and his role in Indian literature |
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TEHRAN - The role of Hafez in the Indian Subcontinent will be explored during Iran’s National Hafez Day on October 12, 2011. The event will focus on affinities between Hafez and the National Poet of India Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. The cultural attaché’s office of the Embassy of India, the Council for Promotion of Persian Language and Literature, South Asia and Indian Subcontinent Research Institute of the University of Sistan-Baluchestan are cosponsoring the event. The comparison of Hafez and Tagore, the impact of Hafez on Indian poets, the translations of Divan of Hafez in Indian Subcontinent, Hafez and Indian Kings are some of the main themes of the event. Tagore (1861-1941) visited Iran in 1932. He visited Shiraz where he paid homage to the graves of Hafez and Sadi. Tagore was said to have sat beside the tomb of Hafez for sometime in deep contemplation, eyes closed, and then to have read and recited some of Hafiz’s poems in solitude. On his visit to the mausoleum of Hafez, Tagore wrote in his travelogue, “Sitting near the tomb a signal flashed through my mind, a signal from the bright and smiling eyes of the poet on a long past spring day. I had the distinct feeling that after a lapse of many centuries, across the span of many deaths and births, sitting near this tomb was another wayfarer who had made a bond with Hafez.”   Socialize this Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay in touch and receive all of TT updates right in your feed reader
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