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

“Like This

If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,

Like this.

When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,

Like this.

If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
or what "God’s fragrance" means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.

Like this.

When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.

Like this.

If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don’t try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.

Like this. Like this.

When someone asks what it means
to "die for love," point
here.
If someone asks how tall I am, frown
and measure with your fingers the space
between the creases on your forehead.

This tall.

The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
When someone doesn’t believe that,
walk back into my house.

Like this.

When lovers moan,
they’re telling our story.

Like this.

I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.

Like this.

When someone asks what there is to do,
light the candle in his hand.

Like this.

How did Joseph’s scent come to Jacob?
Huuuuu.

How did Jacob’s sight return?
Huuuu.

A little wind cleans the eyes.

Like this.
When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he’ll put just his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us

Like this.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Do not leave me,
hide in my heart like a secret,
wind around my head like a turban.
"I come and go as I please,"
you say, "swift as a heartbeat."
You can tease me as much as you like
but never leave me.”
― Rumi

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“Hearts united in pain and sorrow
will not be separated by joy and happiness.
Bonds that are woven in sadness
are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.
Love that is washed by tears
will remain eternally pure and faithful.”
― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“Follow my tracks in the sand that lead
Beyond thought and space.”
― Hafez

“النسيان شكل من أشكال الحرية”
― جبران خليل جبران, رمل وزبد

“لي من نفسي صديق يعزيني إذا ما اشتدت خطوب الأيام، ويواسيني عندما تلم مصائب الحياة، ومن لم يكن صديقاً لنفسه كان عدواً للناس، ومن لم ير مؤنساً من ذاته مات قانطاً، لأنّ الحياة تنبثق من داخل الإنسان ولم تجئ مما يحيطوا به.”
― جبران خليل جبران

“يتحدث البعض عن اكتظاظ سكاني؟! إذا كانت الأرض مزدحمة، فهي مزدحمة بأطماعنا وأنانيتنا و عنصريتنا و مجالنا الحيوي المزعوم ومناطق النفوذ أو المناطق الأمنية وأيضا استقلالاتنا التافهة.”
― أمين معلوف, The First Century After Beatrice

“تُنسى، كأنك لم تكن
شخصاً ، ولانصاً..وتُنسى”
― محمود درويش

“الغائبان: أنا وأنتِ
أنا وأنتِ الغائبان

زوجا يمام أَبيضان
يتَسَامران على غُصون السنديان”
― محمود درويش

“الفارق بين النرجس و عبّاد الشمس هو
الفرق بين وجهتي نظر: الأول ينظر إلى صورته في الماء و يقول: لا انا إلا أنا. و الثاني ينظر إلى الشمس و يقول: ما انا إلاما أعبد.
و في الليل، يضيق الفارق، و يتسع التأويل!”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“في العزلة كفاءةُ المُؤْتَمَن على نفسه –
يكتب العبارة , وينظر إلى السقف. ثم
يضيف : أن تكون وحيداً.... أن تكون قادراً
على أن تكون وحيداً هو تربية ذاتيَّة .
ألعزلة هي انتقاء نوع الأَلم , والتدرّب
على تصريف أفعال القلب بحريّة العصاميّ ... أَو
ما يشبه خلوَّك من خارجك وهبوطك الاضطراري
في نفسك بلا مظلَّة نجاة . تجلس ,
وحدك ة كفكرة خالية من حجة البرهان ,
دون أن تحدس بما يدور من حوار بينا
الظاهر والباطن . العزلة مصفاة لا مرآة
ترمي ما في يدك اليسرى إلى يدك اليمنى ,
ولا يتغيَّر شيء في حركة الانتقال من
اللا فكرة إلى اللا معنى . لكن هذا العَبَثَ
البريء لا يؤذي ولا يجدي : وماذا
لو كنتُ وحدي ؟ العزلة هي اختيار
المُتْرَف بالممكنات ... هي اختيار الحرّ .
فحين تجفّ , بك نفسُك , تقول :
لو كنتُ غيري لانصرفتُ عن الورقة البيضاء إلى
محاكاة رواية يابانية ,
يصعد كاتبها إلى قمة الجبل ليرى ما
فعلت الكواسر والجوارح بأجداده الموتى .
لعلِّه ما زال يكتب , وما زال موتاه يموتون
لكن تنقصني الخبرة . والقسوة الميتافيزيقية
تنقصني . وتقول : لو كنتُ غيري”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."

[The Autumnal]”
― John Donne, The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

“قولي ما اسمُ جُرْحِكِ أَعرفِ

الطُرُقَ التي سنضيع فيها مَرّتيْنِ !

وكُلُّ نَبْضٍ فيكِ يُوجعُني ، ويُرْجِعُني

إلى زَمَنٍ خرافيّ . ويوجعني دمي

والملحُ يوجعني … ويوجعني الوريدُ”
― محمود درويش, جدارية

“For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz

“In many parts of this world water is
Scarce and precious.
People sometimes have to walk
A great distance
Then carry heavy jugs upon their
Heads.
Because of our wisdom, we will travel
Far for love.
All movement is a sign of
Thirst.
Most speaking really says
"I am hungry to know you."
Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy.
Dear one,
Why wait until you are dying
To discover that divine
Truth?”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez, The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz

“Let's get loose
With
Compassion,

Let's drown in the delicious
Ambience of
Love.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, The Gift

“All your wounds from craving love
Exist because of heroic deeds.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, The Gift

“The
Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, The Gift

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

“Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out in the vast field of light
And let it breathe.”
― Hafez

“This world
that was our home
for a brief spell
never brought us anything
but pain and grief;
its a shame that not one of our problems
was ever solved.
We depart
with a thousand regrets
in our hearts.”
― Omar Khayyám

“As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.”
― Omar Khayyám, رباعيات خيام

“الجنة و النار هما في ذات نفسك”
― عمر الخيام