Ha·fiz 
(hä-fĭz, -fēz) Full name Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi. fl. 14th century.
(hä-fĭz, -fēz) Full name Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi. fl. 14th century. Persian poet whose sensuous rhyming couplets, many of which celebrate love, wine, and nature, are traditionally interpreted allegorically by Sufic Muslims.