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
112
quotes in library
Quotes by Hafiz
112 quotes“Where the Friend dwells, there is no need of map.”
presenceDivan (Browne 1906)
“What I sought without was within all along.”
realizationDivan (Browne 1906)
“O Hafiz, drink the wine of love and forget thy weary state.”
loveDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“The Beloved fills the lover's empty cup.”
graceDivan (Clarke 1891)
“It is the heart's emptiness that prepares it for the wine.”
emptinessDivan (Clarke 1891)
“Tear the curtain of separation with the hand of love.”
loveDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“None has seen the Beloved's face who has not first lost his own.”
surrenderDivan (Clarke 1891)
“In the tavern of love, the cup of self is shattered.”
surrenderDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“Hafiz, learn the secret of the wine-house from the lips of the elder.”
teachingDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“The wine-house is the school where the secret is learned.”
teachingDivan (Clarke 1891)
“At dawn the breeze brings tidings of the Friend.”
dawnDivan (Browne 1906)
“Listen — the morning wind is a messenger.”
listeningDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“O nightingale, sing for the rose, that sweetness comes through pain.”
songDivan (Clarke 1891)
“The lover bears the wound and the song together.”
loveDivan (Clarke 1891)
“The dust at the Beloved's threshold is dearer to me than seven kingdoms.”
devotionDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“Lay your face in the dust if you would see the Beloved.”
humilityDivan (Bicknell 1875)
“Hafiz, do not grieve over the world's cruelty — the Friend is faithful.”
trustDivan (Clarke 1891)
“Trust in the providence of the heart, and walk on.”
trustDivan (Browne 1906)
“Tomorrow no one knows — pour the wine today.”
presenceDivan (Bicknell 1875)
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