the Turks of Samarkand ." -- Divan of Hafez Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (also spelled Hafiz ) (خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی in Persian ) was a Persian mystic and poet . He was born sometime between the years 1310 - 1337 in Shiraz , Persia ( Iran ),