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Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.

Hafez

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Hafez
Lyricist
Poet
Writer
Shiraz city
Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī
Ḥāfiz
Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
Ḥāfeẓ
Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
Ḥāfiẓ
of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad
Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī
Shams-ud-Din Mohammed
Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
Hafiz
Khafiz
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