Hafez > Quotes

“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 wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
― Hafez

“The
Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water,
That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

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.

There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far, far too deep
For that.”
― Hafez, The Divan

“For a day, just for one day,
Talk about that which disturbs no one
And bring some peace into your
Beautiful eyes.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“I caught the happy virus last night
When I was out singing beneath the stars.
It is remarkably contagious -
So kiss me.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“What we speak becomes the house we live in.”
― Hafez

“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”
― Hafez

“This place where you are right now,
God circled on a map for you.”
― Hafez

“This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.”
― 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. a”
― Hafez

“This is the kind of Friend
You are -
Without making me realize
My soul's anguished history,
You slip into my house at night,
And while I am sleeping,
You silently carry off
All my suffering and sordid past
In Your beautiful
Hands.”
― Hafez

“Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions.”
― Hafez

“For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“I have no use for divine patience -
My lips are now burning and everywhere.
I am running from every corner of this earth and sky
Wanting to kiss you.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“It happens all the time in heaven,
And some day

It will begin to happen
Again on earth -

That men and women who are married,
And men and men who are
Lovers,

And women and women
Who give each other
Light,

Often will get down on their knees

And while so tenderly
Holding their lover's hand,

With tears in their eyes,
Will sincerely speak, saying,

My dear,
How can I be more loving to you;

How can I be more kind?”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“In many parts of this world water is
Scarce and precious.
People sometimes have to walk
A great distance
Then carry heavy jugs upon their
Heads.
Because of our wisdom, we will travel
Far for love.
All movement is a sign of
Thirst.
Most speaking really says
"I am hungry to know you."
Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy.
Dear one,
Why wait until you are dying
To discover that divine
Truth?”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“The heart is a
The thousand-stringed instrument

That can only be tuned with
Love.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“The moon asked me to meet her in a field tonight. I think she has amorous ideas.”
― Hafez

“Let's get loose
With
Compassion,

Let's drown in the delicious
Ambience of
Love.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“I should not make any promises right now,
But I know if you
Pray
Somewhere in this world -
Something good will happen.”
― 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, The Gift

“what is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!”
― 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

“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

“A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched, holy mouth.”
― Hafez

“I am the hole on the flute that Gods breath flows through.”
― Hafez

“We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage,freedom and light!”
― Hafez

“And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more fun than anyone on this planet, you are absolutely correct.”
― Hafez

“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through.....listen to this music”
― Hafez

“My dear,
Is it true that your mind is sometimes like a battering
Ram

Running all through the city,
Shouting so madly inside and out

About the ten thousand things
That do not matter?”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“Our union is like this:

You feel cold so I reach for a blanket to cover
our shivering feet.

A hunger comes into your body
so I run to my garden and start digging potatoes.

You asked for a few words of comfort and guidance and
I quickly kneel by your side offering you
a whole book as a
gift.

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

“There is a Beautiful Creature
Living in a hole you have dug.

So at night
I set fruit and grains
And little pots of wine and milk
Besides your soft earthen mounds,

And I often sing.

But still, my dear,
You do not come out.

I have fallen in love with Someone
Who hides inside you.

We should talk about this problem--

Otherwise,
I will never leave you alone.”
― Hafez, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

“Hair disheveled, smiling lips, sweating and tipsy,
garment torn, singing a love song, glass in hand,
picking a quarrel, chanting a spell,
yesterday at midnight she came and sat by my bed.”
― Hafez

“Sometimes I say to a poem,

"I don't have the strength
To wring out another drop
Of the sun."

And the poem will often
Respond

By climbing onto a barroom table:

Then lifts its skirt, winks,
Causing the whole sky to
Fall.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“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.

[Hafiz of Shiraz]”
― Hafez

“Beloved,/ I am so glad,/ So very glad You have come.”
― Hafez, The Divan

“The words you speak become the house you live in.”
― Hafez

“You see my state, and still increase my pain
I see your face, the need for union regain.
For my welfare, you have no care, I complain
Why do you heal me not from the sickness I disdain?
You bring me down and leave me on the earthly plane;
Return me to my home, by your side let me remain.
Only when I’m dust, your mercy can entertain;
Your flowing spirit stirs up dust of the slain.
Heartbroken of your love, from breathing I abstain
My life you destroy, yet my breathing you sustain.
In the dark night of the soul, I was growing insane,
Drinking from the cups that your features contain.
Suddenly in my arms, you appeared, clear, plain;
With my lips on your lips, my life and soul gain and drain.
Be joyful with Hafiz, with love enemies detain,
With such potent love, impotent foes self-restrain.

مرا می‌بینی و هر دم زیادت می‌کـنی دردم
تو را می‌بینـم و میلـم زیادت می‌شود هر دم
بـه سامانم نمی‌پرسی نمی‌دانم چه سر داری
بـه درمانـم نـمی‌کوشی نمی‌دانی مگر دردم
نه راه است این که بگذاری مرا بر خاک و بگریزی
گذاری آر و بازم پرس تا خاک رهـت گردم
ندارم دستت از دامن بجز در خاک و آن دم هـم
کـه بر خاکـم روان گردی به گرد دامنـت گردم
فرورفـت از غم عشقت دمم دم می‌دهی تا کی
دمار از مـن برآوردی نـمی‌گویی برآوردم
شـبی دل را به تاریکی ز زلفت باز می‌جستـم
رخـت می‌دیدم و جامی هـلالی باز می‌خوردم
کـشیدم در برت ناگاه و شد در تاب گیسویت
نـهادم بر لـبـت لـب را و جان و دل فدا کردم
تو خوش می‌باش با حافظ برو گو خصم جان می‌ده
چو گرمی از تو می‌بینم چه باک از خصم دم سردم”
― Hafez

“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your being.”
― Hafez

“now is the season to know that everything you do is sacred”
― Hafez

“Lean your sweet neck and mouth
Out of that dark nest where you hide,
I will pour effulgence into your mind.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“There are
So many positions of
Love:

Each curve on a branch,

The thousand different ways
Your eyes can embrace us,

The infinite shapes your
Mind can draw,

The spring
Orchestra of scents,

The currents of light combusting
Like passionate lips,

The revolution of Existence's skirt
Whose folds contain other worlds.

Your every sigh that falls against
His inconceivable
Omnipresent
Body.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“You need to become a pen in the Sun's hand. We need for the earth to sing through our pores and eyes.”
― Hafez

“Don't surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few humans and even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need for God absolutely clear.”
― Hafez

“All your wounds from craving love
Exist because of heroic deeds.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“How seamless seemed love and then came trouble!”
― Hafez

“Here soar
Not with wings

But with your moving hands and feet
And sweating brows -

Standing by your Beloved's side
Reaching out to comfort this world

With your cup of solace
Drawn from your vast reservoir of truth.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

“You have taken root in the Beloved.
I love your golden branches

And the hundred graceful movements
Your body now makes each time
The wind, children and love come near.”
― Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz