Back to the main pageIn this page, I have collected some of my favorite Persian poems as well as some links.
[Hafez] [Molana] [Khayyam] [Sa'di] [Sohrab] [Shamloo] [Mosaddegh] [Akhavan Sales] [Nima] [Moshiri] [Foroogh] [Others] [Calligraphy]
Hafez
Shams-od-Din Mohammad, known as Hafez (1324?-1391 A.D.), is probably the best Persian poet. His poem book can be found in almost any Iranian home. He lived in the beautiful city of Shiraz (known as the city of roses and nightingales), and his tomb is in a garden in Shiraz.
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Molana
Jalal al-Din Mohammad al-Rumi (1207-1273 A.D.), known as Molavi or Molana, is a great Persian mystic poet. His famous books are
I really like his poems, specially his mystical ghazals very much. Some links:
- Masnavi, which is a collection of nice stories and maxims (for example, the story of Alchemist, the best-seller novel of Paulo Coelho, is mentioned with some minor differences in Masnavi)
- Divan-e Shams, which is a collection of mystical ghazals, and
- Fihe-ma-fih, which is a collection of mystical sayings.
Some poems:
- The biography of Rumi by IslamiCity
- A Tribute to Rumi: English translation of some poems of Rumi by Shahriar Shahriari
- English translation of some poems
- Molana's tomb in Konya, Turkey
Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (1048-1131? A.D.) is a Persian mathematician and poet who lived in Nishapur. He is famous for his Robaiyyate (quatrains). His Robaiyyat was translated to English by Edward Fitzgerald.
- The biography of Omar Khayyam and his mathematics in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Robaiyyat (Postscript)
- A selection of robaiyyat (PostScript)
Sa'di
Muslih al-Din (1213?-1292? A.D.), known as Sa'di, is another great Persian poet who lived in Shiraz, and his tomb is currently in Shiraz. He is well known for his two books: Boostan, which is collection of poems, and Golestan, which is a collection of prose stories and short poems and maxims. He has also written some nice ghazals.
Sohrab Sepehri
Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980 A.D.) is a contemporary Persian poet and painter. He was born in Abianeh, a village near Kashan, and is buried in Mashad Ardehal, another village near Kashan.
Some poems:
- Listen the poem "cheraa migouyand asb heyvaan-e najibist?" (voice: Khosrow Shakibai)
- Listen the poem "ahl-e Kashanam" (voice: Khosrow Shakibai)
- sedaa-ye paa-ye aab (PostScript)
- posht-e daryaa-haa (PostScript)
- dar golestaaneh (PostScript)
- va payaami dar raah (PostScript)
- vaahe-i dar lahze
- ghami ghamnaak (PostScript)
Ahmad Shamloo
Ahmad Shamloo (1925 A.D.-July 24, 2000) is one of the most celebrated contemporary poets of Iran. Many of his poems have a political flavor. You can find the collection of his poems and a lot more about him at this website.
- ofogh-e roshan (PostScript)
- man-o to, derakht-o baaroon (PostScript)
- eshaarati (PostScript)
- hamishe hamaan (PostScript)
- eshgh-e omoomi (PostScript)
- pariaa (PostScript)
- koochehaa baarikan (PostScript)
- ye shab-e mahtaab (PostScript)
- dahaanat raa mibooyand (PostScript)
- la'nat (PostScript)
- mahaagh (PostScript)
- man-o to (PostScript)
- az marg (PostScript)
- morgh-e baaraan (PostScript)
- beravim ey yaar (PostScript)
- shabaaneh (PostScript)
- she'r-haaye man (PostScript)
- sokhani nist (PostScript)
- dar-aamikhtan (PostScript)
- maraa to bi sababi nisti (PostScript)
- taraaneye taarik (PostScript)
- neshaneh (PostScript)
Hamid Mosaddegh
Hamid Mosaddegh is a poet and lawyer. His most famous poem book is aabi-khaakestari-siaah (blue-gray-black).
- aabi-khaakestari-siaah (PostScript)
- to be man khandidi... (PostScript)
- dasht-haa aaloodast (PostScript)
- aayene (PostScript)
- in eshgh maandani... (PostScript)
Mehdi Akhavan Sales
Mehdi Akhavan Sales (1928-1990 A.D.) is a great Persian poet from Mashad. He is buried in Tous near the tomb of Ferdowsi.
- ghaasedak (PostScript)
- chon sabooye teshne (PostScript)
- chavushi (PostScript)
- zemestaan (PostScript)
- aavaaz-e karak (PostScript)
Nima Youshij
Nima Youshij (1895-1959 A.D.) is the pioneer of the contemporary Persian poetry.
Fereydoon Moshiri
Foroogh Farrokhzad
Foroogh Farrokhzad (1935-1967 A.D.) is probably the best female contemporary Persian poet. Her famous poem books are Tavallodi digar and Iman biaavarim be aaghaaz-e fasl-e sard.
- aaftaab mishavad
- delam baraaye baaghche misoozad... (PostScript)
- ba'd-haa (PostScript)
- imaan biaavarim be aaghaaze fasle sard
- tavaollodi digar (PostScript)
- kasi ke mesl-e hich-kas nist
- gonah (PostScript)
Others
- ey Iran
- zendegi by Siavash Kasraei
- derakht by Siavash Kasraei (PostScript)
- ghese-ye shahr-e kabood a satirical poem by by Gol-Aghaa
- man khaab dide-am... a satirical poem by by Gol-Aghaa
- khoonaab-e khazaan by Shafi'i Kadkani
- haalaa cheraa by Shahriar
- zendaan-e shab-e yaldaa by Saayeh
- naghsh-e digar by Saayeh
- sutak by Dr. Ali Shariati
- che aaghaazi, che anjaami? (PostScript)
- Kavir by Gheysar Aminpour
- baaraan by Golchin-e Gilaani
- hamsafar-e eshgh (PostScript)
- shab-haa by Ali Akbar Fardi
Persian Calligraphy
A nice poem is complemented by a nice calligraphy. Click here to see some nice art works. You can also visit the following links.
