Authors:H. Wilberforce Clarke, Hafiz,
Publisher: Ibex Pu
Keywords: literature, persian, classics, hafiz, divan
Number of Pages: 1096
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 0936347805
ISBN-13: 9780936347806

The Divan-i Hafiz is a complete unabridged translation of all of the Hafiz s poetry into English. It is accompanied by extensive notes, a biography, a new introduction and a concordance. As the most popular translation of Hafiz into English, it has variously been described as: accurate, erudite, accessible, faithful and the most respected translation of Hafiz into English. Unlike other translations, which are more about the translator than about Hafiz, H. Wilberforce-Clarke s word-by-word translation fully conveys the Persian original. For this reason, many modern poets who did not know Persia

Author: W. M. Thackston
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: persian, introduction
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1993-05-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0936347295
ISBN-13: 9780936347295

Nonfiction. "This long awaited text once more demonstrates Professor Thackston’s mastery over the Persian language and its intricacies, both in its modern and classical form. Thackston makes Persian grammar clear and understandable. His emphasis is on the spoken and written language in today’s Iran, on the Persian which is taught in schools and spoken and understood by all the ethnic groups in Iran.. This new edition is a major contribution for those involved in teaching the Persian language. It also makes the learning of Persian more accessible and enjoyable" - Haleh Esfandiari, P

Author: Wheeler M. Thackston
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: poetry, persian, tenth, twentieth, century, understanding, reading, classical, guide, millennium, amp
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 1994-08-01
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0936347503
ISBN-13: 9780936347509

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS the classical Persian poetic tradition flourished, continuous and uninterrupted. It began in the great urban centers of Central Asia, Bukhara and Samarkand; and for centuries it dominated the high culture of Central Asia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Anatolia, and the whole of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent under the Mughal Empire. It has been composed by saints and roués, kings and beggars. It has been written in gold, poets have had their mouths stuffed with precious gems for an apt line of poetry, and the uncivilized have measured their progress into civiliz

Author: Firoozeh Papan-Matin
Publisher: Ibex Pub
Keywords: shamlu, ahmad, poems, love
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 1588140377
ISBN-13: 9781588140371

Ahmad Shamlu (1925-2000) is among the most celebrated figures of contemporary Iranian literature. The poems presented here, capture ShamluÂ’s unique depictions of love. The narrator in these poems is a man intoxicated by the love of a woman; a woman whom we meet in the body of his love poetry; a female presentation whose characteristics are not fixed. Due to Shamlu’s widely recognized prominence within the intellectual opposition, the mainstream approach to his poetry has largely evaluated it in terms of the socio-political background of the poet’s era. Taking issue with this li

Author: W. M. Thackston
Publisher: IBEX Publishers
Keywords: persian, introduction
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1588140555
ISBN-13: 9781588140555

A comprehensive grammar of modern, classical & colloquial Persian. Includes glossary. Accompanying set of tapes useful for pronunciation is available.

Author: Yavar Dehghani
Publisher: IBEX Publishers
Keywords: persian, english, dictionary, learner
Number of Pages: 317
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1588140342
ISBN-13: 9781588140340

The increasing popularity of the study of Persian (also known as Farsi, Tajiki or Dari) in the English speaking world, has created a need for a bi-directional Persian-English dictionary geared towards English speakers who are learning Persian. The features of the Persian-English / English-Persian Learner’s Dictionary which make it unique are: Bi-directional: This is the first and only Persian-English/English-Persian dictionary in one volume which features both Persian and transliteration. Alphabet: The alphabet used in Persian is completely different from the English. This can be

Author: Manoucher Parvin
Publisher: IBEX Publishers
Keywords: avicenna
Number of Pages: 267
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1588140482
ISBN-13: 9781588140487

Fiction. Middle Eastern Studies. In this unforgettable novel the future and the past recreate one another and set the present afire with passion for the immortal wisdom, and immortal love and truth. The reader is invited to view the mind and the universe, intuition and reason, science and faith, and life and death with a profoundly new understanding. The trials and tribulations of the characters, even history, on their transcendental journey are recounted with a pen searching for the beginning and the end of everything-for the answers God never created. So humans must invent the answers as we