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Happiness is right in front of you.

A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.

Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.

For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.

Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.

Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.

The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure ...

The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.

Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!

We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.

Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.

I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess.

Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!

What we speak becomes the house we live in.

There is
A madman inside of you
Who is always running for office

Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.

On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.

Your life within God's arms, Your dance within God's arms, Is already Perfect!

Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy.

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.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

All your wounds from craving love
Exist because of heroic deeds.

We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.

Come Dance with Me , come dance.

Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love.

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.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this ... and the Ocean does that.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

The
Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her.

Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?

I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.

We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul's life, Love is simply creation's greatest joy.

Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.

Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.

I should not make any promises right now,
But I know if you
Pray
Somewhere in this world -
Something good will happen.

The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.

The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine ... that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.

People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.

The tide of my love
Has risen so high let me flood
over
You.

There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.

Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!

Laugh because that is the purest sound.

Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light ... And let it breathe.

I caught the happy virus last night
When I was out singing beneath the stars.
It is remarkably contagious -
So kiss me.

How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.

How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.

The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.

Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.

Think of suffering as being washed.

You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.

Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.

Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.

Come in, my dearFrom that harsh worldThat has rained elements of stoneUpon your tender face.Every soulShould receive a toast from usFor bravery!

Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That.

One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.

Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that you will never really see the point.

With wine beside a gently flowing brook - this is the best;
Withdrawn from sorrow in some quiet nook - this is the best

The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place.

An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.

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.

He was so slim, his heart was visible

I wish I could show you ... the astonishing light of your own being.

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.

If at last thou attain the desire of thy life,
Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!

Light will someday split you open

There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.

For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.

When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God.

Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.

Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret

Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.

Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.

Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.

Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music.

Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.

I am happy even before I have a reason.

All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.

You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say 'here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life'.

In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.