Persian Poet Hafiz Quotes

as the Persian poet Hafiz warns, “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few human and even divine ingredients can.

English. I believe the ultimate gauge of success is this: Does the text free the reader? Does it contribute to our physical and emotional health? Does it put “golden tools” into our hands that can help excavate the Beloved whom we and society have buried so deep inside? Persian poets of Hafiz’s era would often address themselves in their poems, making the poem an intimate conversation. This was also a method of “signing” the poem, as one might sign a letter to a friend, or a painting. It should also be noted that sometimes Hafiz speaks as a seeker, other times as a master and guide. Hafiz also has a unique vocabulary of names for God—as one might have endearing pet names for one’s own family members. To Hafiz, God is more than just the Father, the Mother, the Infinite, or a Being beyond comprehension. Hafiz gives God a vast range of names, such as Sweet Uncle, the Generous Merchant, the Problem Giver, the Problem Solver, the Friend, the Beloved. The words Ocean, Sky, Sun, Moon, and Love, among others, when capitalized in these poems, can sometimes be synonyms for God, as it is a Hafiz trait to offer these poems to many levels of interpretation simultaneously. To Hafiz, God is Someone we can meet, enter, and eternally explore.

life’s vicissitudes in the words of Hafiz, a celebrated Persian poet: “Pay no heed to the wounding thorns.

fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz when he wrote, “The Great religions are the Ships, / Poets the life Boats. / Every sane person I know has jumped / Overboard.”[1]

There is only one rule on this Wild Playground. . . . ‘Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun.’” — HAFIZ, PERSIAN POET

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.” HAFIZ, 14TH-CENTURY PERSIAN POET