Top 135 Quotes & Sayings by Hafez - Page 3

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Iranian poet Hafez.
Last updated on December 20, 2024.
On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.
A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess.
If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. — © Hafez
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
How seamless seemed love and then came trouble!
If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!
On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. — © Hafez
On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.
Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.
'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.
The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place.
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