Persian Poems

By peter-washington

Book Overview

Still little known in the West, Persian poetry offers extraordinary riches. While celebrating the beauty of the world in poems about love, wine and poetry itself, or telling anecdotes of everyday life, Persian poetry set these themes in the wider religious and philosophical context of Islam. Omar, Rumi, Saadi, Sanai, Attar, Hafez and Jami - the great lyric and didactic poets of medieval Persia - are all represented in this selection of translations spanning almost two hundred and fifty years.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841597430
• ISBN13: 9781841597430
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Historic England Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable

A little counter-intuitive, perhaps in this era of conflict between the West and Asia Minor; but if one can read this poetry in the spirit of exploration, the appreciation of another culture from before the days of Shakespeare, there is much to relish in this slim volume. The mindset of the writers of these gems is clearly different from our own, and that brings an interesting take on daily life.