Persian Poetry
A thousand years of thought and song, in one treasury.
351 poems · 7 poets · 14,923 couplets
Tales of the Shahnameh
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Faal-e Hafez
Make an intention, still your heart, and ask the master of Shiraz.
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به نام خداوندِ جان و خرد
کز این برتر، اندیشه، بر نگذرد
In the name of the Lord of soul and wisdom, beyond whom no thought can ever pass.
کُنون اِی خِرَدمَند وَصفِ خِرَد
بِدین جایگَه گفتن اَندر خُورَد
Now, O wise one, to praise wisdom is what befits this place to say.
خروشید و زد دست بر سر ز شاه
که شاها منم کاوهٔ دادخواه
He cried aloud and struck his head against the king: “O King — I am Kaveh, who demands justice!”
فرو هشت ازو سرخ و زرد و بنفش
همی خواندش کاویانی درفش
From it he hung streamers of red, gold, and violet, and named it the Kaviani Banner.
اَلا یا اَیُّهَا السّاقی اَدِرْ کَأساً و ناوِلْها
که عشق آسان نمود اوّل ولی افتاد مشکلها
O cupbearer, send the cup around and offer it — for love seemed easy at first, but then the troubles came.
صلاحِ کار کجا و منِ خراب کجا؟
ببین تفاوتِ رَه کز کجاست تا به کجا
Where is the work of virtue, and where the ruined I? See the gulf of the road — from where, to where.
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