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Hafiz of Persia Quotes

Total quotes: 41
“Love isn't safe, its a dangerous road,

There's no choice, but to leave life to chance.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Love isn't safe, its a dangerous road
Tagged: Love, Safety, danger, Chance, Choice
“If by misfortune I've missed the Beloved's presence,
then bless me with the dust

from somewhere the Beloved walked.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Warm wind, if you blow through the lands of my Beloved
Tagged: Beloved, Love
“Wine is the Truth, that kills all lies.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Allah be praised, the tavern door is still open
Tagged: Wine, Truth, Lies, In Vino Veritas
“Don't chase after the future or cling to the present,
Too many have taken this false hag for their bride.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Come now, don't depend on the house of chance
Tagged: Future, present, false
“When I long for you, I don't want wine,
may the barrels rot and the tavern age.

Even if it's the wine of heaven,

throw it away!


Wine has no purpose if the Beloved is not there.”
— Hafiz of Persia, When I long for you, I don't want wine
Tagged: Love, Wine, Beloved
“Beloved, I think of you always!

Your sweet-smelling curls wake up my lonesome soul.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Beloved, I think of you always
Tagged: Beloved, Curls, Lonesome
“Look to my Beloved's curls and gaze,

if you want to know where my heart is kept.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Morning Wind, take me to the Friend
Tagged: Beloved, Curls, heart
“The beauty of your face, my Beloved, strikes my heart like a piercing arrow.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The beauty of your face, my Beloved
Tagged: beauty, Beloved
“In the Book of Life, my name is eternal.

No one dies whose heart is on fire with Love.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Fair maiden, make bright our cups with wine
Tagged: Book of Life, Immortality, Love
“The joy of the Beloved is insane, we are madmen

trapped in the curls of her hair.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Brother believers
Tagged: Joy, Beloved, insane, madmen
“Why do people struggle to make goals out of greed, when they know that someday we all end in the grave?”
— Hafiz of Persia, Good news, lovely nightingale
Tagged: Mortality, Greed, Goals
“There is happiness in heaven and earth, if only
two creeds are followed:

‘Be just to your friend,

make peace with your foe.’”
— Hafiz of Persia, My heart is going wild
Tagged: golden rule, Making Amends, Happiness
“I long for you, even as your words of rejection still sound in the air;

Anything sounds sweet, if your lips say it.”
— Hafiz of Persia, If the Shirazi Turk would only grant my heart's desire
Tagged: Longing, Love
“The hearts of Lovers bleed,

and will be doomed to break,

when the scent of the Beloved
blows away in the wind.”
— Hafiz of Persia
Tagged: Hearts, Lovers, Heartache
“Pass around the cup fair maiden,
Because Love seemed easy at first,
But now I see how difficult it is.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Pass around the cup fair maiden
Tagged: Love, Wine, difficult
“A rather serious—maybe too serious—university

student from another country came to Hafiz to

personally ask for his permission to translate some

of Hafiz's poems into a little book.

And he said to Hafiz, ‘What is the essential

quality in your poems that I
need to incorporate in

my translations to make them
abiding and authentic?’

And Hafiz smiled, and placed his arms
on the man's

shoulders, then said, ‘Do you
really want to know?’

And the young man said, ‘Of course.’

‘Well, well then,’ Hafiz began and
 continued,

‘My poems lift the corners of the mouth—
the soul's

mouth, the heart's mouth.
And can effect any opening

that can make love.’”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: university, Students, Wisdom, Poems, Poetry
“Once a young woman came to Hafiz and said,
‘What is the sign of someone knowing God?’

And Hafiz became very quiet, and stood in silence

for nearly a minute... lovingly looking deep into the

young woman's eye, then softly spoke,

‘My dear, they have dropped the knife. The person

who knows God has dropped the cruel knife most

so often use upon their tender self—and others.’”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: God, Religion, Faith
“If anything your palm does touch cannot help reveal the
 Beloved.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Beloved, romance
“My words are full of golden secrets that are not too hard
to crack, and will remedy one hundred fears and ills.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Secret Secrets, Remedy, fears, Ills
“If a cherished tear of gratitude has not sung leaping from

your eye.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Tears, Crying, Gratitude
“If your knees have not buckled in ecstasy while standing

when a veil parts.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Lust, Ecstasy, Veil
“The forest, letting me walk amongst its naked

limbs, had me on my knees again in silence

shouting—yes, yes my holy friend, let your

splendor devour me.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Forest, Holy, Splendor
“A song's wink aligned me with joy. And a
tune paradise hums I came to know.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Music, Paradise
“The mountain's face lifted me higher than
itself.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Mountains, scenery
“Look at the smile on the Earth's lips this
morning, she laid again with me last night!”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: romance, Intimacy
“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath
moves through—listen to this music.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The mystical poet who can help you lead a better life
Tagged: Christ's Breath, Music
“Run freely into the sky meadow.

If I whistled,
She would turn her head and look at me.

If I then waved my arms,
She would come back wagging a marvelous tail
Of stars.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The Subject Tonight Is Love
Tagged: Love, Tail of Stars
“God wants to manhandle us,
Lock us inside of a tiny room with Himself
And practice His dropkick.”
— Hafiz of Persia
Tagged: God, Manhandle, Dropkick
“Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly
And wants to rip to shreds
All your erroneous notions of truth.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The Gift
Tagged: Love, Truth
“O friends, don't blame me for this broken heart;
Inside me there is a great jewel and it's to the Jeweler's shop I go.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Drunk on the Wind of the Beloved
Tagged: Broken Heart
“Only a Perfect One

Who is always
Laughing at the word
Two

Can make you know

Of

Love.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The Gift
Tagged: Perfect, Love
“For those who see only God, their vision
Is pure, and not a doubt remains.”
— Hafiz of Persia
Tagged: God, Vision, Doubt
“Know this: If God should shine His lovelight on your heart,
I promise you'll shine brighter than a dozen suns.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Drunk on the Wind of the Beloved
Tagged: God, Lovelight
“My dear,
Let prayer become your beautiful Lover”
— Hafiz of Persia, The Gift
Tagged: prayer, Lover
“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 a pure
Soul.”
— Hafiz of Persia, The Gift
Tagged: The Truth, Man, Woman, angel, Pure Soul
“He who throws himself at the Beloved's feet is like a workhorse and will
    be rewarded with boundless pastures and eternal rest.”
— Hafiz of Persia
Tagged: Beloved, Workhorse, Eternal Rest
“Change rooms in your mind for a day.”
— Hafiz of Persia
Tagged: Changing Your Mind
“I asked him next, ‘And beauties' curls
That tumble down so sinuously,
What is their meaning? Whence do they come?’
‘Hafez,’ the sage replied to me,
‘It's your distracted, lovelorn heart
That asks these questions constantly.’”
— Hafiz of Persia, 'For years my heart inquired of me‚' by Hafez
Tagged: Love, beauty, Lovelorn
“Go to, thou puritan! the gods above
Ordained this wine for us, but not for thee;
Drunkards we are by a divine decree,
Yea, by the special privilege of heaven
Foredoomed to drink and foreordained forgiven.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Ode 44 by Hafez
Tagged: Wine, Drinking, Puritan, drunkards
“Narcissus-eyes all shining for the fray,
         Filled full of frolic to her wine-red lips,
         Warm as a dewy rose, sudden she slips
    Into my bed—just in her little shift.”
— Hafiz of Persia, Ode 44 by Hafez
Tagged: Narcissus, Wine, romance, erotic
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