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“If you want to be happy, be.”
― Leo Tolstory

“And still, 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!”
― Hafez, The Divan

“What 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.”
― Hafez

“How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its
Beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its Being.
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too
Frightened”
― Hafez

“This sky
Where we live
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love
Love.”
― Hafez, The Gift

“What does life give me in the end but sorrow?
What do love's good and evil send but sorrow?
I've only seen one true companion - pain,
And I have known no faithful friend but sorrow.”
― Hafez, The nightingales are drunk

“When all your desires are distilled
You will cast just two votes:
To love more,
And be happy.”
― Hafez

“He was so slim, his heart was visible”
― Hafez, The nightingales are drunk

“Love is simply creation's greatest joy.”
― Hafez

“Why
Just ask the donkey in me
To speak to the donkey in you,

When I have so many other beautiful animals
And brilliant colored birds inside
That are longing to say something wonderful
And exciting to your heart?

Let's open all the locked doors upon our eyes
That keep us from knowing the Intelligence
That begets love
And a more lively and satisfying conversation
With the Friend.

Let's turn loose our golden falcons
So that they can meet in the sky
Where our spirits belong--
Necking like two
Hot kids.

Let's hold hands and get drunk near the sun
And sing sweet songs to God
Until He joins us with a few notes
From his own sublime lute and drum.

If you have a better idea
Of how to pass a lonely night
After your glands may have performed
All their little magic
Then speak up sweethearts, speak up,
For Hafiz and all the world will listen.

Why just bring your donkey to me
Asking for stale hay
And a boring conference with the idiot
In regards to this precious matter--
Such a precious matter as love,

When I have so many other divine animals
And brilliant colored birds inside
That are all longing
To so sweetly
Greet
You!”
― Hafez, The Gift

“With wine beside a gently flowing brook - this is the best;
Withdrawn from sorrow in some quiet nook - this is the best”
― Hafez, The nightingales are drunk

“با دلارامی مرا خاطر خوش است
کز دلم یک باره برد آرام را”
― Hafez, The Divan

“Art is the conversation between lovers. Art offers an opening for the heart. True art makes the divine silence in the soul Break into applause.”
― Hafez, The Gift: Poems Inspired by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

“Ask the friend for love
Ask him again For I have found that every heart
Will get what it prays for most”
― Hafez

“And even though the drunkenness of love
Has ruined me,
My being’s built upon those ruins for
Eternity”
― Hafez