“Well, HAFIZ, Life’s a riddle—give it up: There is no answer to it but this cup.”Tagged: Life, Riddle, Drinking, Wine
“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.”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.”Tagged: Narcissus, Wine, romance, erotic
“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.’”Tagged: Love, beauty, Lovelorn
“Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly And wants to rip to shreds All your erroneous notions of truth.”Tagged: Love, Truth
“Only a Perfect One Who is always Laughing at the word Two Can make you know Of Love.”Tagged: Perfect, Love
“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.”Tagged: The Truth, Man, Woman, angel, Pure Soul
“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.”Tagged: Broken Heart
“Know this: If God should shine His lovelight on your heart, I promise you'll shine brighter than a dozen suns.”Tagged: God, Lovelight
“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.”Tagged: Love, Tail of Stars
“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…”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…”Tagged: God, Religion, Faith
“My words are full of golden secrets that are not too hard to crack, and will remedy one hundred fears and ills.”Tagged: Secret Secrets, Remedy, fears, Ills
“If a cherished tear of gratitude has not sung leaping from your eye.”Tagged: Tears, Crying, Gratitude
“If your knees have not buckled in ecstasy while standing when a veil parts.”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.”Tagged: Forest, Holy, Splendor