January 1, 2024
The
Israeli government argues that it is in a mortal fight for survival against
Hamas, and therefore must take every measure, including the very destruction of
Gaza, to survive. This is false.
.................RATIONAL THINKING.................. مرا جهل در کامِ دیو میبَرَد.............از آن دوستی میکنم با خِرَد
Monday, January 1, 2024
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: “When New Year’s rainclouds wash the tulip’s face”
January 1, 2024
In
the quatrains attributed to the medieval Iranian astronomer Omar Khayyam, the
Rubáiyát, the renewal that comes with New Year is an important theme. Since the
Iranian New Year is held on the spring solstice (typically March 21), it is
associated with the rebirth of greenery. This year I’m sharing some of my
translations of poems attributed to Khayyam beyond those collected in the 1460
compilation of Mahmud Yerbudaki, which I translated and published at IB Tauris
in 2020. These are from various medieval manuscripts, some of them excerpted
and published by E. H. Whinfield in 1882.
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