01/28/2026
/ Hafez /
"I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known."
" Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (1325-1389), known by his pen name Hafez, was a Persian poet who "lauded the joys of love and wine but also targeted religious hypocrisy." His collected works are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature and are to be found in the homes of most people in Iran, who learn his poems by heart and still use them as proverbs and sayings." (Wikipedia)
Known for:
In Wineseller's Street: Renderings of Háfez
The poems of Hafez
The Gift: Poems by the Great Sufi Master
The green sea of heaven
"I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy"