'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, "Woe to the dupe that yields … - Hafez

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate,
"Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!"

Hafez

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About Hafez

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (known by his pen name Hafez or Hāfiz) (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian mystic poet.

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Pen Names: حافظ

Native Name: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی

Alternative Names: of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad • Anacreon of Persia • Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī • Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi • Ḥāfeẓ • Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ • Ḥāfiẓ • Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī • Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī • Shams-ud-Din Mohammed • Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ • Hafiz • Khafiz • Hafis • Haafiz • Häfiz

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If you asked for a few words of comfort and
guidance I would quickly kneel by your side
and offer you a whole book … — Hafez, from “Companion for LIfe,” Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, eds. Phyliis Cole-Davis & Ruby R. Wilson (Grayson Books, 2017)

Why Carry? Hafiz,
Why carry a whole load of books
Upon your back
Climbing this mountain,
When tonight,
Just a few thoughts of God
Will light the holy fire.

"Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says
To the Earth,
"You owe me."
Look
What happens
With a love like that.
It lights the
Whole
Sky."

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, "Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!" - Hafez

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