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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days -- Hafez
How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words. -- Hafez
Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun -- Hafez
Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear. -- Hafez
I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.' -- Hafez
The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place. -- Hafez
Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains. -- Hafez
I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden. -- Hafez
Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine! -- Hafez
Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze. -- Hafez
Light will someday split you open -- Hafez
All your wounds from craving love
Exist because of heroic deeds. -- Hafez
Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth. -- Hafez
What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that. -- Hafez
People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song. -- Hafez
Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters. -- Hafez
The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard. -- Hafez
There is
A madman inside of you
Who is always running for office -- Hafez
The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this ... and the Ocean does that. -- Hafez
It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance. -- Hafez
Come in, my dearFrom that harsh worldThat has rained elements of stoneUpon your tender face.Every soulShould receive a toast from usFor bravery! -- Hafez
The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine ... that I may for a time forget the cares of the world. -- Hafez
Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow. -- Hafez
Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure,
But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel. -- Hafez
Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before. -- Hafez
Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love. -- Hafez
Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate! -- Hafez
If at last thou attain the desire of thy life,
Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it! -- Hafez
Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire. -- Hafez
I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose. -- Hafez
God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, "You're it. I mean you're really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen." -- Hafez
Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That. -- Hafez
You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say 'here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life'. -- Hafez
The sun will stand as your best man
And whistle
When you have found the courage
To marry forgiveness
When you have found the courage
to marry
Love. -- Hafez
Happiness is right in front of you. -- Hafez
The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening. -- Hafez
When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God. -- Hafez
Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world! -- Hafez
The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners. -- Hafez
He was so slim, his heart was visible -- Hafez
We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul's life, Love is simply creation's greatest joy. -- Hafez
Think of suffering as being washed. -- Hafez
We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones. -- Hafez
How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its
Beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its Being.
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too
Frightened -- Hafez
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. -- Hafez
Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue. -- Hafez
Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end. -- Hafez
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings. -- Hafez
The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul. -- Hafez
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. -- Hafez
Poetry reveals that there is no empty space. -- Hafez
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins. -- Hafez
Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature. -- Hafez
If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth. -- Hafez
Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him? -- Hafez
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone. -- Hafez
How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation. -- Hafez
Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love. -- Hafez
The tide of my love
Has risen so high let me flood
over
You. -- Hafez
Come Dance with Me , come dance. -- Hafez
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. -- Hafez
I caught the happy virus last night
When I was out singing beneath the stars.
It is remarkably contagious -
So kiss me. -- Hafez
Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight. -- Hafez
God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm. -- Hafez
It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God. -- Hafez
What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up! -- Hafez
When no one is looking,
I swallow deserts and clouds
and chew on mountains
knowing they are sweet bones!
When no one is looking
and I want to kiss God,
I just lift my own hand to my mouth. -- Hafez
The Body will again become restless Until your soul paints all its beauty Upon the Sky ... For when the heart tastes its glorious destiny And you awake ... -- Hafez
Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred. -- Hafez
Whatis the root of all these words?
One thing: Love.
But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed. -- Hafez
You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel. -- Hafez
I am in love with every church
And mosque
And temple
And any kind of shrine
Because I know it is there
That people say the different names
Of the One God. -- Hafez
Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends. -- Hafez
With wine beside a gently flowing brook - this is the best;
Withdrawn from sorrow in some quiet nook - this is the best -- Hafez
Your life within God's arms, Your dance within God's arms, Is already Perfect! -- Hafez
Laugh because that is the purest sound. -- Hafez
Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy. -- Hafez
I should not make any promises right now,
But I know if you
Pray
Somewhere in this world -
Something good will happen. -- Hafez
The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love. -- Hafez
Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love. -- Hafez
On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built. -- Hafez
An awake heart is like a sky that pours light. -- Hafez
Listen; this world is the lunatic's sphere ,
Don't always agree it's real,
Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door
My address is somewhere else. -- Hafez
For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes. -- Hafez
Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me. -- Hafez
I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music. -- Hafez
I long for You so much
I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks
That are high in the mountains
That I know are years old.
I long for You so much
I have even begun to travel
Where I have never been before. -- Hafez
Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,
Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife
Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you. -- Hafez
Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that you will never really see the point. -- Hafez
I wish I could show you ... the astonishing light of your own being. -- Hafez
Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret -- Hafez
On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. -- Hafez
I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. -- Hafez
A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth. -- Hafez
We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! -- Hafez
Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers. -- Hafez
One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough. -- Hafez
What we speak becomes the house we live in. -- Hafez
Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job. -- Hafez
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. -- Hafez
The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone. -- Hafez
There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness. -- Hafez
The
Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her. -- Hafez
I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence. -- Hafez
I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess. -- Hafez
Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light ... And let it breathe. -- Hafez
There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. -- Hafez
Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life. -- Hafez
Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one. -- Hafez
All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days. -- Hafez
Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do. -- Hafez
When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy. -- Hafez
For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most. -- Hafez
You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself. -- Hafez
The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure ... -- Hafez
We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy. -- Hafez
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. -- Hafez
This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you. -- Hafez
I am happy even before I have a reason. -- Hafez