Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
HAFEZGreatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
More Hafez Quotes
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A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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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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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.
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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.
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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.
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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.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.
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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.
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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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Run my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
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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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