Faces Of Love Hafez Quotes

Sugar dissolved in rose water Won't cure my heart; but if you could Dissolve your curses in your kisses, That distillation surely would.

In love, the Sufi meeting house And wine-shop are one place; As are all places where we find The loved one's radiant race; And what the Sufis make a show of Can be found equally Among the monks, before their cross, Within a monastery.

Go, mind your own business, preacher! What's all this hullabaloo?

What's all this hiding happiness and wine away? I've lined up with the libertines now, come what may.

May I remember always when Your glance in secrecy was mine, And in my face your love was like A visibly reflected sign. May I remember always when Your chiding eyes were like my death And your sweet lips restored my life Like Jesus’s reviving breath. May I remember always when We drank our wine as darkness died, My friend and I, alone at dawn, Though God was there too, at our side. May I remember always when Your face was pleasure’s flame, and my Poor fluttering heart was like a moth That’s singed and is about to die.

I am still drunk that you were here, and you were mine. And once again I stretch my hand out for that wine; As your drunk eyes could not bestir themselves, I too Can’t move; as you love wine, I love the wine that’s you;

Devil, and then angel - is it the same you? Which are you then, my prick? How should I name you? You and that cunt of hers - no man alive Can hope to get away from you, or tame you; There is no mind that doesn't dream of you, In every house the seeds you've sown proclaim you.

Pussy remarked,''this prick’s a masterpiece, They’ve hung the balls beneath it very nicely; From tip to toe, you’d say that it’s as though They’d followed my prerequisites precisely.

Of all the roses in the world A rosy face... is quite enough for me