The time in Hafez's poetry

One of the philosophic aspects of Hafez's poetry is his approach in making use of the time and bringing about changes in it. Poetry is one of the arts performed in the time and its performance is a kind in which present time is considered as an axle. Since in poetry two horizons, that is, present and past, become confluent, this confluence produces a time that can be named the time of the universe of text or dramatic time. This time exists in poetry, but Hafiz by his own skill, raises it by means of mixing past and present times. Hafiz raises the relativity of the time and limitation of the language by indicating true time through several techniques and as far as the capacity of his poem permits, he makes use of all kinds of time in his poetry. On the whole, it can be said that Hafez's approach to the time is one that comprises one of the stylistic characteristics of his poetry.