Translations
Persian poetry in English ترجمهها
A few translations of three Persian poets, each presented facing the original — the Persian on one page, the English on the other, the way a bilingual edition reads. I hope to add many more here over the years to come.
حافظ
Hafez
Fourteenth-century master of the ghazal, whose divan remains the most beloved book of Persian poetry.
مهدی اخوان ثالثMehdi Akhavan-Sales
Twentieth-century poet, a central figure of Persian New Poetry, known for a voice steeped in classical form but carrying modern disillusionment.
سهراب سپهریSohrab Sepehri
Twentieth-century poet and painter of Kashan — quiet, modern free verse steeped in nature.