Quote by Hafiz: “Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.'”

True generosity asks for nothing in return. The sun gives light every single day without keeping score. This is what real love looks like — giving freely, without expecting repayment or gratitude.

Hafiz composed his poetry in Shiraz under the Inju and Muzaffarid dynasties, a period of court patronage and political instability in Persia. His work circulated orally and in manuscript form, becoming beloved across the Persian-speaking world long before print existed.

Persian lyric poet of the 14th century, born in Shiraz, whose collected poems the Divan are considered a pinnacle of Persian literature. His ghazals explore divine love, wine as spiritual metaphor, and the hypocrisy of religious formalism.