THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM 1by Edward FitzGerald 21 And this delightful Herb whose tender Green Fledges the River’s Lip on which we lean —
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Iran orders censoring of epic Persian love story eight centuries on
Tehran – Iran’s Culture Ministry has ordered the censoring of one of the most famous epic love stories in Persian literature more than eight centuries after it first appeared, the news agency Mehr reported Monday.
Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Tousi
Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Toos, in 940. His great epic the Shahnameh, to which he devoted most of his adult life, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the Tomb of Ferdowsi in Toos, Iran, Near Mashhad revival of Persian cultural […]
A Poem from Hafiz …
What beauty, sweetness of the world with her liesSoft eyes, smiling lips, and happy heart with her lies.Though sweetness of the tongue, kingship implies,She is Solomon of times, and prophecy with her lies.Beauty, artistry and innocence are her guise,And hence, in both worlds, will of the Good, with her lies.Her beauty-mole is that fair […]
A Poem from Hafiz …
What beauty, sweetness of the world with her liesSoft eyes, smiling lips, and happy heart with her lies.Though sweetness of the tongue, kingship implies,She is Solomon of times, and prophecy with her lies.Beauty, artistry and innocence are her guise,And hence, in both worlds, will of the Good, with her lies.Her beauty-mole is that fair […]
Hafiz Shirazi
“Open my grave when I am dead, and thou shalt see a cloud of smoke rising out from it; then shalt thou know that the fire still burns in my dead heart — yea, it has set my very winding-sheet alight.”
God Speaks to Moses
Farid ud-Din AttarOne day God spoke to Moses and said:‘Visit Satan, question him, use your head.’So Moses descended to Hell’s burning halls;Satan saw him coming, a smile did he installOn his fiery face. Moses proudly asked himFor advice, waiting for Satan’s crafty whim;Satan spoke through his coal-black teeth:‘Remember this rule which sense bequeathsNever say […]
When you don’t lose yourself… When you lose yourself…
“Abdulkarim Soroush” When you don’t lose yourself… When you lose yourself… When you don’t lose yourself, the beloved is like a thorn When you lose yourself, the beloved is the purest gol