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Sohrab Sepehri was born in Kashan on October 7,1928; a very talented artist and a gifted poet, Sepehri shot to stardom with the publication of The Water’s Footfall which was subsequently followed by The Traveler and The Green Volume. Sepehri died of blood cancer in Tehran in 1980.
Sepehri is so popular with the Iranians that he is usually known by his first name ‘Sohrab’ as if he is a ... more »
Sohrab Sepehri Poems
Let's not soil the water:
Perhaps a pigeon is drinking down there
Or a thrush dipping its wing by a far thicket
Or a pitcher being filled in a village.... more »
She was great
And belonged to the present time
And had affinity with all bright horizons.
And fathomed the language of the earth and water.... more »
If you are coming to me,
I am beyond Oblivion.
Beyond Oblivion is a place
Where dandelions run into the veins of air,... more »
When knowledge
Still nestled by springs,
Man
Indulged himself in his azure philosophy... more »
There was a woman at the door
Standing with a body as ever
I approached her:
Her image flooded my eyes.... more »
Past the border of my dream
The shadow of a morning glory
Had darkened all these ruins
What intrepid wind... more »
Tonight
Will journey
To the realm of words
In a strange dream.... more »
Friend
She was great
And belonged to the present time
And had affinity with all bright horizons.
And fathomed the language of the earth and water.
Her voice
Sounded like the sad tone of truth.
Her eyelids
Pointed
To the heartbeats of elements.
Her fingers
Leafed through
The generous air.
And she directed kindness
Towards our hearts.
She was the image of her solitude.
And for the mirror she interpreted
The most amorous moments of her own Time.
Like rain, she was full of fresh repetitions.
And like the trees
She grew with the blessing of...
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