Translations

Persian poetry in English

My own 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.

حافظ

Hafez

Fourteenth-century master of the ghazal, whose divan remains the most beloved book of Persian poetry.

مولانا

Rumi

Thirteenth-century mystic poet of Balkh and Konya, whose verse turns longing into music.

سهراب سپهری

Sohrab Sepehri

Twentieth-century poet and painter of Kashan — quiet, modern free verse steeped in nature.