"Joseph shall return to Canaan, grieve not, Hovels shall tu… - Hafez

"Joseph shall return to Canaan, grieve not,
Hovels shall turn to rose gardens, grieve not.
If a flood should arrive, to drown all that's alive,
Noah is your guide in the typhoon's eye, grieve not.”
- By Hafez, as appeared in "A Thousand Splendid Suns

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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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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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I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!

Do not judge us, you who boast your purity.
No one will indict you for the faults of others.
What is it to you whether I am virtuous or a sinner?
Busy yourself with yourself!

What does life give me in the end but sorrow?
What do love's good and evil send but sorrow?
I've only seen one true companion - pain,
And I have known no faithful friend but sorrow.

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