Sara > Sara's Quotes

“Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the Earth,

"You owe me."

Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.”
― Hafiz

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
― Hafiz of Shiraz

“Your love should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger / Only to someone who has the valor and daring to cut pieces of their soul off with a knife / Then weave them into a blanket to protect you.”
― Hafiz

“I KNOW THE WAY YOU CAN GET

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.

Squirrels and birds sense your sadness
And call an important conference in a tall tree.
They decide which secret code to chant
To help your mind and soul.

Even angels fear that brand of madness
That arrays itself against the world
And throws sharp stones and spears into
The innocent
And into one's self.

O I know the way you can get
If you have not been drinking Love:

You might rip apart
Every sentence your friends and teachers say,
Looking for hidden clauses.

You might weigh every word on a scale
Like a dead fish.

You might pull out a ruler to measure
From every angle in your darkness
The beautiful dimensions of a heart you once
Trusted.

I know the way you can get
If you have not had a drink from Love's
Hands.

That is why all the Great Ones speak of
The vital need
To keep remembering God,
So you will come to know and see Him
As being so Playful
And Wanting,
Just Wanting to help.

That is why Hafiz says:
Bring your cup near me.
For all I care about
Is quenching your thirst for freedom!

All a Sane man can ever care about
Is giving Love!”
― Hafiz

“Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.”
― Hafez

“چرخ یک گاری در حسرت واماندن اسب
اسب در حسرت خوابیدن گاریچی
مرد گاریچی در حسرت مرگ”
― سهراب سپهری / Sohrab Sepehri

“چرا گرفته دلت
مثل آنکه تنهایی
چقدر هم تنها
خیال می کنم
دچار آن رگ پنهان رنگ ها هستی
دچار یعنی عاشق”
― سهراب سپهری / Sohrab Sepehri, مسافر - هشت کتاب

“من به آمار زمین مشکوکم اگر این سطح پر از آدمهاست پس چرا این همه آدم تنهاست.؟”
― سهراب سپهری

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

“چراغی در دست
چراغی در دلم.
زنگار روحم را صیقل می زنم
اینه ئی برابر اینه ات می گذارم
تا از تو
ابدیتی بسازم.”
― احمد شاملو / Ahmad Shamloo

“ما چیستیم؟
جز مولکول های فعال ذهن زمین
که خاطرات کهکشان هارامغشوش میکند”
― حسین پناهی

“و رسالت من این خواهد بود
تا دو استکان چای داغ را
از میان دویست جنگ خونین
به سلامت بگذرانم
تا در شبی بارانی
آن ها را
با خدای خویش
چشم در چشم هم نوش کنیم”
― حسین پناهی

“معنای این همه سکوت چیست؟
من گم شدم در تو؟
یا تو گم شدی در من ای زمان؟
کاش هرگز آن روز
از درخت انجیر
پایین نیامده بودم.”
― حسین پناهی

“ترجمه ها همچون زنانند. آنها که وفادارند کمتر زیبایند و آنها که زیبایند کمتر وفادار”
― سیمین دانشور

“در کوچه باد می اید
این ابتدای ویرانیست
آن روز هم که دست های تو ویران شدند باد می آمد ”
― فروغ فرخزاد / Forough Farrokhzad, گزینه اشعار فروغ فرخزاد

“هر کس روزنه ای است به سوی خداوند، اگر اندوهناک شود. اگر به شدت اندوهناک شود.”
― مصطفی مستور, روی ماه خداوند را ببوس

“My whole being is a dark chant
that will carry you perpetuating you
to the dawn of eternal growths and blossomings
in this chant I sighed you, oh
in this chant,
I grafted you to the tree, to the water, to the fire.”
― Forugh Farrokhzad