The first step in understanding phrases and verses in texts is to understand the correct and precise meaning or meanings of the words and combinations used in them. “The blood of the poppy” is one of these combinations in Hafez’s poetry that has been overlooked by Hafez scholars and commentators of Hafez’s Divan. In this article, after looking at several explanations and explanations from Hafez’s Divan on this phrase and the verse in which it is used; its meaning is explained and it is shown that Hafez, considering its primary meaning, created an image in the verse he intended. It should be noted that since Hafez lived in the land of Persia, he based many of the artistic images of his poetry on the beliefs and convictions as well as on issues related to the lives of the people of this land. So that many words, terms, beliefs and convictions of life in the south of the country, especially Shiraz and its surroundings, can be extracted and examined from his poetry and speech. The flower of the stolen crocus is the name of the crocus flower in the south, especially Fars and Bushehr, which has become the subject of artistic images in oral romantic literature. Images that are reminiscent of Hafez's image of this flower in his ghazal.