The ghazal is a short poem in rhyming couplets with a refrain, often naming the poet in the last verse. Ḥāfiẓ, Rūmī and many others used its images of the beloved, wine and the tavern to speak at once of human and divine love, leaving readers to discern which.
Ghazal
A lyric poem of love and longing, the favourite form of Persian Sufi poetry.
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