Love Persian Quotes

#1. Jafaa. In Persian, this very poetic word refers to all the wrongs you do to those who love you.

Maziar Bahari

#2. Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love

Rumi

#3. Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one.

Robert Johnson

#4. Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend till death. At their tombs in Troy, Alexander and Hephaistion had sacrificed together. Wound Patroklos, and Achilles will have your blood.

Mary Renault

#5. Farsi Couplet:
Ba khak darat rau ast maara,
Gar surmah bechashm dar neaayad.


English Translation:
The dust of your doorstep is just the right thing to apply,
If Surmah (kohl powder) does not show its beauty in the eye!

Amir Khusrau

#6. The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.

Shusha Guppy

#7. You're already naked in this world
in this time
in this life
beacause your next love
your next hunger
you next laughter
and even your next tear
may never come

Baharak Sedigh