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"Enjoy! ’twixt lip and mouth the bounds as nothing are If humbled, care not; as the rose be gay, Life’s honours which pass soon away, as nothing are."
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HafezLearn meekness from the shell in ocean’s bed — Hafez
"Learn meekness from the shell in ocean’s bed And pearls on one who wounds thy head bestow."
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Hafez
author1325–139040 quotes
Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390) was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes of Persian speakers, who learn his poems by heart and use them as everyday proverbs and sayings. His life and poems have become the subjects of much analysis, commentary, and interpretation, influencing
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"Reckon as plunder the path of profligacy. For this track Like the path to the hidden treasure is not evident to every one."
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"Regard opportunity. For when uproar fell upon the world, Hafiz struck at the cup and through grief took the corner of retirement."
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"It is a crime to seek to raise but self, Before all other men to praise but self, The pupil of the eye a lesson gives, Be all submitted to thy gaze but self."
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"Sweet are the garden, the rose, and wine, but they would not be sweet without the company of my darling."
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"A Shah no other than thyself aspiring Hafiz craves; Oh! were he in thy doorway’s dust one of thy common slaves."
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