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.
HAFEZThe world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
More Hafez Quotes
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Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
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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.
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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.
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Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.
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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!
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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.
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What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!
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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.
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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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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.
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Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
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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.
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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.
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Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.
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There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
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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.
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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.
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Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
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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.
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God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
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