A Critical study of Shakhenabat

Divane Hafiz is one of the well-Known verse collections in Iran on which has beenwritten a variety of explanatory works. One of these works, Shakhe Nabate Hafiz written byDr Mohammad Barzegar Khaleghi. Like other works it has its own weak and strong points.For instance, all the sonnets has been translated into simple and fluent prose and although itis a very eloquent and learned work, it is understandable to the mass and all the unnecessarydetails has been avoided.On the other hand, this work like other explanatory works is not devoid of mistakes. Forexample, sometimes we see that some lines has just been paraphrased and no explanations,though necessary, has been offered. one issue is mentioned in different places in the textwithout any reasons, most of the beauties of the lines which differentiate Hafez’s ownlanguage and discourse and other poets have been neglected. In this article, the lines inwhich different layers of meaning hasn’t been dealt with and which has been wronglyinterpreted are discussed.