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41 " What good in being a solitary, secret drinker?We're all drunkards together - let's leave it at that. "
― Hafez , Hafiz of Shiraz: Thirty Poems: An Introduction to the Sufi Master
42 " قدم دریغ مدار از جنازه حافظ . . که گر چه غرق گناه است میرود به بهشت معناه: لا تؤخر قدمك أو تتردد عن جنازة حافظ . . فهو غريق في الإثم ولكنه ذاهب إلى الجنة. :) "
― Hafez ,
43 " 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 - painAnd I have known no faithful friend but sorrow "
― Hafez , The nightingales are drunk
44 " ...Fear is the cheapest room in the house.I would like to see you livingIn better conditions.For your mother and my motherWere friends.... "
― Hafez
45 " I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being "
46 " I KNOW THE WAY YOU CAN GETI know the way you can getWhen you have not had a drink of Love: Your face hardens,Your sweet muscles cramp.Children become concernedAbout a strange look that appears in your eyesWhich even begins to worry your own mirrorAnd nose. Squirrels and birds sense your sadnessAnd call an important conference in a tall tree.They decide which secret code to chantTo help your mind and soul. Even angels fear that brand of madnessThat arrays itself against the worldAnd throws sharp stones and spears intoThe innocentAnd into one's self. O I know the way you can getIf you have not been drinking Love: You might rip apartEvery sentence your friends and teachers say,Looking for hidden clauses. You might weigh every word on a scaleLike a dead fish. You might pull out a ruler to measureFrom every angle in your darknessThe beautiful dimensions of a heart you onceTrusted. I know the way you can getIf you have not had a drink from Love'sHands. That is why all the Great Ones speak ofThe vital needTo keep remembering God,So you will come to know and see HimAs being so PlayfulAnd Wanting,Just Wanting to help. That is why Hafiz says:Bring your cup near me.For all I care aboutIs quenching your thirst for freedom! All a Sane man can ever care aboutIs giving Love! "
47 " I wish I could show you,When you are lonely or in darkness,The Astonishing LightOf your own Being! "
― Hafez , The Divan
48 " 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. "
49 " 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 "
50 " This skyWhere we liveIs no place to lose your wingsSo love, loveLove. "
― Hafez , The Gift
51 " When all your desires are distilled You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy. "
52 " WhyJust ask the donkey in meTo speak to the donkey in you,When I have so many other beautiful animalsAnd brilliant colored birds insideThat are longing to say something wonderfulAnd exciting to your heart?Let's open all the locked doors upon our eyesThat keep us from knowing the IntelligenceThat begets loveAnd a more lively and satisfying conversationWith the Friend.Let's turn loose our golden falconsSo that they can meet in the skyWhere our spirits belong--Necking like twoHot kids.Let's hold hands and get drunk near the sunAnd sing sweet songs to GodUntil He joins us with a few notesFrom his own sublime lute and drum.If you have a better ideaOf how to pass a lonely nightAfter your glands may have performedAll their little magicThen speak up sweethearts, speak up,For Hafiz and all the world will listen.Why just bring your donkey to meAsking for stale hayAnd a boring conference with the idiotIn regards to this precious matter--Such a precious matter as love,When I have so many other divine animalsAnd brilliant colored birds insideThat are all longingTo so sweetlyGreetYou! "
53 " Love is simply creation's greatest joy. "
54 " I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.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.Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. "
55 " Light will someday split you open; even if your life is now a cage. "
56 " And even though the drunkenness of loveHas ruined me,My being’s built upon those ruins forEternity "
57 " With wine beside a gently flowing brook - this is the best;Withdrawn from sorrow in some quiet nook - this is the best "
58 " Ask the friend for love Ask him again For I have found that every heart Will get what it prays for most "
59 " Do not judge us, you who boast your purity.No one will indict you for the faults of others. What is it to you whether I am virtuous or a sinner? Busy yourself with yourself! "
60 " I once asked a bird,"How do you fly in this gravity of darkness ?"And she replied "Love lifts me"~ Hafiz~ "