Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
HAFEZNow is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
HAFEZThe only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine…that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.
HAFEZThe earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
HAFEZI long for You so much I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks That are high in the mountains That I know are years old. I long for You so much I have even begun to travel Where I have never been before.
HAFEZLaugh because that is the purest sound.
HAFEZWhat do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
HAFEZTrue art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation.
HAFEZThe Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.
HAFEZThe 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.
HAFEZThink of suffering as being washed.
HAFEZPlant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
HAFEZPoetry reveals that there is no empty space.
HAFEZGrieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
HAFEZLove is simply creation’s greatest joy.
HAFEZFor a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.
HAFEZI 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.
HAFEZ