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In time, the two cultures entwined, and the poetry of the Persians would come to express the highest concepts of Islamic belief – especially the mystical aspects – completely, even when the works were not written in Persian or even by Persians. These ten poets not only influenced the development of so-called Muslim literature but would ...
Poetry is such an integral part of the Persian literary tradition that it would be futile to attempt to teach the Persian language without touching on some key poetic works and themes. On this page you will find links to a variety of Persian poets, starting with the classics, with more modern poets soon to be added.
Persian poets such as Ferdowsi, Saadi, Hafiz, Attar, Nezami, [7] Rumi [8] and Omar Khayyam [9][10] are also known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries.
The translated poems we’re going to read here are examples and part of a rich Persian culture, as much valued in Iran today as at any time in the past, and because they show a side of Islam that is about love, not hate, searching, not certainty.
Persian literature - Classical poetry: The classical Persian poets and theoreticians saw the aim of their art primarily as the continuation of Arabic poetry in another language. For them, poems that were not written according to the rules of Arabic prosody did not count as serious poetry.
Created as highly illustrated manuscripts, these masterpieces of Persian poetry demonstrate the important place of literature, poetry, and bookmaking in the Persian-speaking world.
Persian lyric poet Hafiz (born Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī) grew up in Shiraz. Very little is known about his life, but it is thought that he may have memorized the Qur’an after hearing his father recite passages.
A 13th-Century Persian poet’s lessons for today. Sa’di’s remarkable poetry is perpetually modern and full of ‘benevolent wisdom’ on how to live. Joobin Bekhrad revisits the life and work ...
Persian literary works written between c. 522 BCE and c. 330 BCE were destroyed when Alexander the Great burned the city of Persepolis in 330 BCE, including the great library. Who is the greatest Persian Poet? Hafez Shiraz (l. 1315-1390 CE) is generally considered the greatest Persian poet of all time, though there are other contenders for the ...
Jalal al-Din Rumi. 1207—1273. Sufi mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi was born Jalal al-Din Mohammad-e Balkhi on the edge of the Persian Empire, in Balkh in modern-day Afghanistan (though another birthplace in Tajikistan is also claimed).