• Nightingale of the dawns
    • O Nightingale of the dawns! Sing; sing for us once more! Sing of the torments of my soul, our souls! With the flames of your ....
    • Death of a color
    • A color, beside, The gates of night, Is laid to rest, has died. A dark bird, from far and ...
    • Flower and Bird Painting: Genuine Iranian Art (Part 1)
    • Working flower and bird imprints on artworks such as pottery and murals was common since millennia BC. In the course of their evolution in Islamic period, this fine art grew to perfection thus flower and bird design gained an exclusive status as a ...
    • Carpets in Ancient Persia
    • Carpet is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Persian art and culture dating back to ancient Persia (c. 3500 BC). Persian carpets can be divided into three categories: ...
    • The crescent
    • The sun’s boat is broken and drowned in the Nile, But a piece is floating about on the water of Nile. The twilight’s pure blood drips into the sky’s basin, Has the lancet of ...
    • Always
    • Still evening, When the flock of starlings – Flied away from the memory of the pine. But the core of the tree remained wholesome. As the last ...
    • Winter
    • Your greetings they’ll ignore.With their heads resting on their chests, They seek warmth from their breasts, None affords to lift a head to greet the guests. Vision is limited, The road’s dark and slick. Your extended friendly hand is refused, Not ...
    • Materials and Tools for Mat-weaving in Iran
    • Bearing in mind the diversity of essential materials and method of weaving throughout the country, the article seeks to shed light on weaving methods used in different regions.The essential materials used by mat-weavers in ...
    • Mat-weaving in Iran
    • Mat-weaving is undoubtedly one of the oldest and perhaps the oldest type of handicraft. The samples found in Mesopotamia and Africa indicate that ...
    • Fabric for Wood Block Printing
    • The fabric has to be rinsed with plenty of water in order to prepare it for dyeing and eliminate starch and the unwanted substances existing in the fabric.The fabric has to be whitened and for this reason it must be laid on sand after ...
    • Wood block and Traditional Printing
    • Speaking of preliminary type of wood block printing, the desired designs were painted on cotton or possibly silk fabric with a pen and special chemical substances were used for fixing the color. Due to the absence of ...
    • Wood block printing
    • Wood block printing with floral design is considered as a traditional and genuine Iranian art. The article focuses on the emergence of this type of Iranian art. The fabric print is a ...
    • Reason
    • Let reason go for His light, That burns reason up from head to foot. If you wish to see that face, Seek another ...
    • Muslim and Jew
    • Everyone thinks himself perfect in intellect and his child in beauty. A Jew was debating with a Muslim, Till I shook with laughter at their dispute.The Muslim said in anger: ...
    • In Love
    • In love, there are no days or nights, For lovers it is all the same. The musicians have gone, yet the sufis listen; In love, ...
    • Grace of God
    • How could I ever thank my friend?, No thanks could ever begin to be worthy. Every hair of my body is a gift from him; How could I thank him for each hair?, Praise that ...
    • Praise
    • Those unable to grieve, Or to speak of their love, Or to be grateful, those Who can’t ...
    • My House Is Cloudy
    • My house is cloudy, The entire earth is cloudy. Above the narrow pass, the shattered and desolate, Wind whirls downward. The entire world is ...
    • Exquisite Glasswork
    • The people in Iranian plateau are known for their skills in cutting and engraving glass. Archeologists have discovered an ancient glassmaking center at Chogha-Zanbil in southwest Iran. Elamites could make ...
    • Coal and Diamond
    • Said the coal to a diamond, My stuff is so vile, I am less than dust While your gleam rends the mirror’s heart. My darkness lights ...
    • Way of Holy Ones
    • Don’t speak of your suffering--He is speaking. Don’t look for Him everywhere--He’s looking for you. An ant’s foot ...
    • Real Road
    • There is no place for place!, How can a place, House the maker of all space, Or ...
    • My God
    • Open your heart’s eye to behold the living core, Whatever is hidden there you will score. If in the realm of love you plough, the bowers From pole to pole you will see ...
    • I’m Thine
    • I am that ocean now in foam and tide; I am that sun, but now in rays abide. I move and burn, and then reverse my course; I shine and glow and ...
    • New Year Poem
    • The days of grouse gone, We on glory, each dawn its pawn. Sprout merits each from its matrix, The fragrance of ...
    • Thy Heart
    • My beautiful! thou hast my heart and soul, Thou hast mine inner and mine outer self; I know not why I am so very sad, I only know that ...
    • The Labors of Farhad
    • On lofty Bistoun, the lingering sun, Looks down on ceaseless labors, long begun; Mountain trembles to the echoing sound ,Of falling rocks that from her sides rebound. Each day, ...
    • The Gem and the Mine
    • Of Thee I tell secrets, In a wordless language; From Thee I ask the way to Thee, On a traceless trace. In vain Thou conceals Thyself, From the ...In vain Thou conceals Thyself From the
    • The Eye of Charity
    • One evening Jesus lingered in a marketplace, Teaching the people parables of truth and grace, When in the square remote a crowd was seen to ride, And stop with ...
    • My Heart of Steel
    • Leave me alone, Me, the babbler, And do not take away my horse, My saddle-cover and my provision, Because ...
    • Marriage of the Soul
    • The soul of man, Who has attained the rightful balance, Becoming aware of this hidden joy, Straightaway is enamored and bewitched. And from this ...
    • Hey, People
    • Hey, People, Hey, you over there . Who are sitting on the shore, happy and laughing, Someone is dying in the water, Someone is
    • A Mountain and A Squirrel
    • A mountain was saying this to a squirrel, “Commit suicide if you have self-respect. You are insignificant, still so arrogant, how strange! You are ...
    • A Mother’s Dream
    • As I slept one night I saw this dream, Which further increased my vexation. I dreamt I was ...
    • Along the Riverside
    • Along the riverbank wanders the old turtle, The day’s a sunny day. The rice-paddy scene is warm. The old turtle basks in ...
    • Heart’s Desires
    • Art thou a lion or leopard, O Heart, O Heart, That thou wares ever with me, O Heart, O Heart? Fall thou into my hands; I’ll spill thy blood, To see ...
    • Spring in Persian Poem
    • Literature is a full-length mirror in which one can see culture and thought of nations; in other words, human being’s thoughts and special demeanor caused by such thoughts are manifested in the literature. Thus, research and study about ...
    • Beyond Seas
    • I shall build a boat, I shall cast it in the water, I shall ...
    • And a Message on the Way
    • One day I shall come and bring a message, I shall pour light in the veins, روزي خواهم آمد ، و پيامي خواهم آورد،در رگ ها ، نور خواهم ريخت ...