We have not come here to take prisoners
but to surrender ever more deeply
To.
freedom and joy.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Common Man
“Greatness is always built on this foundation:
the ability to appear, speak and act,
as
the most common man.”
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
See How the Roses Burn!
See how the roses burn! Bring wine to quench the fire! Alas! the flames come up with us,— We perish with desire.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Poet Hafez
Persian lyric poet Hafiz
(born Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī)
grew up in Shiraz.
Very little is known about his life,
but
it is thought that he may have memorized the holy Qur’an
after hearing his father recite passages.
When his father died, he left school to work at a bakery and as a copyist.
Hafiz became a poet at the court of Abu Ishak
and
also taught at a religious college.
He is one of the most celebrated of the Persian poets,
and
his influence can be felt to this day.
As the author of numerous ghazals expressing love, spirituality, and protest,
he and his work continue to be important to Iranians,
and
many of his poems are used as proverbs or sayings.
Hafiz’s tomb is in Musalla Gardens in Shiraz.
Hafiz’s tomb is in Musalla Gardens in Shiraz.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Image and text credits : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/hafez#poet
Sound of Happiness
Stay close to any sounds that make you glad
and
you are alive.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Life Boats
The great religions are the ships,
Poets the life boats.
Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Dear ones
We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else.
We just want to see our dear ones .
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
