Persian poetry uses elaborate metaphors: the nightingale (bulbul) represents the lover, the rose represents the beloved, and wine symbolizes divine love.
This day
31 Ordibehesht 2588
31 Ordibehesht 2588 Shahanshahi — equivalent to 31 Ordibehesht 1408 Shamsi and 2029-05-20 Gregorian. Today's occasion, a cultural insight, and a classical Persian verse.
31 Ordibehesht 2588 in the Shahanshahi calendar falls on Sunday — equivalent to 31 Ordibehesht 1408 Shamsi and 20 May 2029 Gregorian.
- Shahanshahi
- 31 Ordibehesht 2588
- Shamsi
- 31 Ordibehesht 1408
- Gregorian
- 20 May 2029
Cultural insight
Verse of the day
چو آفتاب تو طالع شدی ز مشرق روح ز مشرق تو دگر آفتاب سر نزند
“When you rose as sun from the east of soul From your east no other sun shall rise”
— Rumi
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