I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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!
The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place.
Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.
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.
I am happy even before I have a reason.
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.
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.- Robert Frost Now that all your worry has proved such an unattractive business – why not find a better job?
Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.
Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.
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.
This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.
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.
Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.
The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure...
The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.