Hafiz
Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Hafiz-e Shirazi
c. 1315-1390 • Persian
Sufism
Persian lyric poet whose ghazals of divine love and spiritual intoxication are recited throughout the Persian-speaking world.
Key Works
- Diwan of Hafiz
115
quotes in library
Quotes by Hafiz
115 quotes“The lover and the Beloved are one fire under two names.”
unityDivan (Clarke 1891)
“What is the world's wealth to one who has tasted the Friend's cup?”
wealthDivan (Browne 1906)
“The pious go to the mosque; the lover finds his prayer wherever the Beloved is.”
prayerDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“To remember the Friend even once is worth a thousand prayers without remembrance.”
remembranceDivan (Clarke 1891)
“Cast away your reputation — the lover has no need of it.”
freedomDivan (Clarke 1891)
“The wine that ferments in the cask of the heart is the only true wine.”
interiorityDivan (Browne 1906)
“Sit at the threshold of the wine-house and you will see what the wise have not seen.”
wisdomDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“Hafiz, do not speak of the secret — let your face speak it.”
silenceDivan (Clarke 1891)
“At the time of the dawn-prayer, the cypress trembles for the Beloved.”
dawnDivan (Browne 1906)
“The morning wind is a courier from the Friend.”
messengerDivan (Clarke 1891)
“O wine, you alone untie the knot of the heart.”
freedomDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“My head bowed to the dust of the tavern when reason had left me.”
humilityDivan (Clarke 1891)
“The bird of my heart has flown to the rose of the Beloved.”
longingDivan (Browne 1906)
“What you have lost in love is the only wealth you have gained.”
paradoxDivan (Clarke 1891)
“Hafiz, the Friend's lane is wider than every road of the world.”
pathDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“In the tavern, the Sufi and the king are equals.”
equalityDivan (Clarke 1891)
“O cup-bearer, fill the cup again — the night of life is short.”
impermanenceDivan (Browne 1906)
“Hafiz' verses are the breath of the Friend disguised as words.”
poetryDivan (Clarke 1891)
“The veil between the lover and the Beloved is the lover's own self.”
veilDivan (Browne 1906)
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