Authors:H. Wilberforce Clarke, Hafiz,
Publisher: Ibex Pu
Keywords: literature, persian, classics, hafiz, divan
Number of Pages: 1096
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 0936347805
ISBN-13: 9780936347806

The Divan-i Hafiz is a complete unabridged translation of all of the Hafiz s poetry into English. It is accompanied by extensive notes, a biography, a new introduction and a concordance. As the most popular translation of Hafiz into English, it has variously been described as: accurate, erudite, accessible, faithful and the most respected translation of Hafiz into English. Unlike other translations, which are more about the translator than about Hafiz, H. Wilberforce-Clarke s word-by-word translation fully conveys the Persian original. For this reason, many modern poets who did not know Persia

Authors:Simin K. Habibian, Hadi Khorsandi, Shusha Guppy,
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: one, culture, commonly, used, sayings, language, proverbs, thousand, amp, persian, english, learning
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1588140210
ISBN-13: 9781588140210

This third edition has collected 1001 of the most well-known Persian proverbs and has found the equivalent or similar of each in English. A literal translation of each proverb in English is included. In addition, 180 proverbs with illustrations have been included for the reader to guess at. An answer key in the back tells the reader which proverb each illustration represents. The book is suited for those learning Persian and for second generation Iranian-Americans who wish to further expand their understanding of their mother language and culture. The reader who does not read or speak Persian

Authors:Hafiz, Reza Ordoubadian,
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: hafez, poems
Number of Pages: 277
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1588140199
ISBN-13: 9781588140197

Shamseddin Hafez, although born some six hundred years ago in southern Iran, is a contemporary and universal poet. Wherever Persian is known, he is easily recited by both King and common man. Even illiterates will recite a memorized verse of Hafez. Those uncertain about love, the future or any other situation, open a page of his collection of Poems at random and in it see their dilemmas untangled. His turn of phrase has enriched the Persian lexicon and, even more than Shakespeare in English, has entered everyday language. This has made him the Persian cultureÂ’s most read, quoted and revere

Authors:Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Jalaluddin Rumi, Reynold A. Nicho
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: persian, classics, literature, original, tabrizi, poems, divan, shams, selected
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0936347619
ISBN-13: 9780936347615

Rumi at the age of thirty-seven meets Shams Tabrizi (the sun of Tabriz) "a weird figure wrapped in coarse black felt, who flits across the stage for a moment and disappears tragically enough." Shams has variously been described as: "being extremely ugly"; "a most disgusting cynic;" and having an "exceedingly aggressive and domineering manner." Jalaluddin, who until then had no interest or liking for poetry "found in the stranger that perfect image of the Divine Beloved which he had long been seeking. He took him away to his house, and for a year or two they remained inseparable. … Rumi�

Author: W. M. Thackston
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: persian, introduction
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1993-05-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0936347295
ISBN-13: 9780936347295

Nonfiction. "This long awaited text once more demonstrates Professor Thackston’s mastery over the Persian language and its intricacies, both in its modern and classical form. Thackston makes Persian grammar clear and understandable. His emphasis is on the spoken and written language in today’s Iran, on the Persian which is taught in schools and spoken and understood by all the ethnic groups in Iran.. This new edition is a major contribution for those involved in teaching the Persian language. It also makes the learning of Persian more accessible and enjoyable" - Haleh Esfandiari, P

Author: Muhammad Ali Sayyah
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: diaries, haj, sayyah, travel, europe, nineteenth, century, iranian
Number of Pages: 379
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0936347937
ISBN-13: 9780936347936

HAJ SAYYAH (1836-1924) catches wanderlust and decides to travel. He sets off west and returns eighteen years later. His wanderings take him throughout all of Europe, America. he is the first Iranian to become an American citizen and the Orient. Later he becomes a major player in the Constitutional Revolution. These diaries recount his European adventures.

Author: Wheeler M. Thackston
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: poetry, persian, tenth, twentieth, century, understanding, reading, classical, guide, millennium, amp
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 1994-08-01
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0936347503
ISBN-13: 9780936347509

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS the classical Persian poetic tradition flourished, continuous and uninterrupted. It began in the great urban centers of Central Asia, Bukhara and Samarkand; and for centuries it dominated the high culture of Central Asia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Anatolia, and the whole of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent under the Mughal Empire. It has been composed by saints and roués, kings and beggars. It has been written in gold, poets have had their mouths stuffed with precious gems for an apt line of poetry, and the uncivilized have measured their progress into civiliz