Nostalgia in the Poems of Hafez

Nostalgia, as a psychological term, has been put forward in Persian literature from way back and has an especial place in lyrical poetry. By using descriptive-analytical method the present research is to study the different aspects of nostalgia in personal, politico-social and mystical levels in Hāfez poetry. In the history of Iran, the era of Hafez was a critical situation, so the influences of abnormal politico-social events in his poems are distinct. Many of nostalgic cases in the poems of Hāfez are rooted in political and social backgrounds of his period. His mystical thoughts about eternity and the fall of man to the terrestrial globe are connected to the nostalgia of sepreation; a distinct view which is worthy of study. On the other hand, we can find the contrary cases in his poems, cases like joy, fighting with sadness, hope to future, resignation to God and submission to Him. These were the methods which helped him to keep his serenity and peace in spite of the discouraging circumstances of the age.