Hafez

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born January 01, 1326 in شیراز / Shirâz, Iran

died January 01, 1390

gender

male

genre

Poetry

About this author

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Khwāja Šams ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, or simply Hāfez (Persian: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی), was a Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310 and 1337. John Payne, who has translated the Diwan Hafez, regards Hafez as one of the three greatest poets of the world. His lyrical poems, known as ghazals, are noted for their beauty and bring to fruition the love, mysticism, and early Sufi themes that had long pervaded Persian poetry. Moreover, his poetry possesses elements of modern surrealism.

“The moon asked me to meet her in a field tonight. I think she has amorous ideas.”
― Hafez

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.

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—	Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)

This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence comes over me, and I wonder why I ever thought to use language!

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—	Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)

“Moon Garden” quilt by Judy Coates Perez won an Honorable Mention in the Art-Painted Surfaces category.

Source: http://www.bluemoonriver.blogspot.com/2009/10/quilt-festival-part-iii.html

تحت القمر والنجوم لي

“Under the moon and stars to me.”