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Hafiz of Shiraz - Holy Hill Hermitage

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“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being!” “Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, You owe me.” “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.” “Look What happens With a love like that It lights the whole sky” “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.” “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly Let it cut more deep Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft My voice So tender My need of God Absolutely Clear.” Shamsedin-Mohammad Hafez Shirazi (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian lyric poet Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses. The state of God-Realisation is symbolised through union with a Beloved, and drinking the wine of spiritual love. He specialized in the Ghazal or Sonnet an eight to fif

“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being!” “Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, You owe me.” “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.” “Look What happens With a love like that It lights the whole sky” “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.” “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly Let it cut more deep Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can Something missing in my hea

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