O Mother, O Mother! It Is The Time Of War
There is no love like the love of the homeland.
Numinous
Reflections, essays, and translations from the world of Persian literature.
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The Paradox of Divine Union
Where does one go on an endless journey?
The Sultan of Karbala is Hassan
A poem in honour of the forgotten Imam.
The Lost Joseph of Minab
A poem tracing the scent of Makan Nasiri.
Oh, The Journeys We Have Traversed
How a song captures the soul of Iran and can heal a divided nation.
The Perfumed Corpses
The Persian war poem that dispels the possibility of defeat.
The Poet and The Ayatollah
Two legends, a dream, and a poem.
Saʿdī - Ghazal 31
Presenting one of my original translations of the Master's poems.
I Left My Son For The Sake Of God
Well, not me. But Ibrahim of Balkh did.
To Find Sermons In Stones
Nature as the site of worship in the poetry of Sohrab Sepehri.
Ghurbat
The price you pay for living in the diaspora.
The Most Beautiful Poem In The World Falls Quiet
The poetry of Parnia Abbasi, a young Iranian woman murdered by the IDF.
The Half-Dead Muslim
My first ever Persian translation from back in 2020.
To Die Of Love, Is To Live In It
The lovers of East and West unite.
A Perfume Without Aroma
The confessional ode of Nasir-i Khusraw.
An Ode To Iranian Taxi Drivers
The true purveyors of Persian poetry.
Between Greece and Persia
The passages that stay with us long after we've read them.
The Most Tragic Scene In Persian Literature
The final showdown between Rustam and Sohrab.
Home Is Where The Words Hit
When literature becomes your homeland.
The Father of Persian Poetry
A poem on life and loss from Rudaki (plus my first podcast appearance!)