Hugo Nava Kopp

“Why does the most exquisite rose have the sharpest thorns”
― Hafez, The Hafez Poems

“Laughter What is laughter? What is laughter?
It is God waking up! O it is God waking up!
It is the sun poking its sweet head out
From behind a cloud
You have been carrying too long,
Veiling your eyes and heart.
It is Light breaking ground for a great Structure
That is your Real body—called Truth.
It is happiness applauding itself and then taking flight
To embrace everyone and everything in this world.
Laughter is the polestar
Held in the sky by our Beloved,
Who eternally says,
“Yes, dear ones, come this way,
Come this way toward Me and Love!”
― Hafez, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

“I have fallen in love with Someone
Who hides inside you.
We should talk about this problem—
Otherwise,
I will never leave you alone.”
― Hafez, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

“What is the key
To untie the knot of the mind’s suffering? Benevolent thought, sound
And movement.”
― Hafez, The Gift: Poems Inspired by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master