Long Persian Poems
Long Persian Poems. Below are the most popular long Persian by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Persian poems by poem length and keyword.
Rumi Translation: the FieldThe Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush grass
the world is too...
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Categories:
persian, earth, green, islamic, rights, soulmate, sound, words,
Form:
Epigram
Please Consider Those Who - Not By Choice - Are Living Alone - 2nd ThirdThis is the 2nd THIRD of my 3-part poem - see Mark Stellinga on Poetry Soup for the other 2 THIRDS - couldn't be helped.
“What about neighbors,” I carefully pried...“do any of them check on...
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Categories:
persian, love, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Rumi Translation: BirdsongBirdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!
I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
persian, bird, music, poetry, poets, song, universe, writing,
Form:
Verse
King Cyrus the GreatCYRUS II - THE GREAT
So; here comes the story of that, King Cyrus the Great
Whose history for some of us; is still well up for debate
But; it’s such a darn good story, it well...
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Categories:
persian, history, leadership, literature, word play,
Form:
Epic
Phobia'sPhobias
A Bluto is not that Disney dog
It was when a mewling
that I would scream
Should they wet my body
And then apply cream
Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Achluo the demon that lurks
In darkened...
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Categories:
persian, on writing and words, hair, me, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Seven Kingdoms
I
The Holy Bible said seven kingdoms would arise,
then like windblown grains of sand, fall to the dust
Six kingdoms have come and gone, blinked their eyes
and we’re now, in these last days, living on the cusp
But...
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Categories:
persian, judgement, religious, spiritual, truth, , western,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Trial of Red and White FireCenturies ago
In ancient Hermopolis
A debate roared loud
Between a proud Christian priest
And a strange shepherd
Who was a Manichaean
Wearing ragged clothes
And who was looking for sheep
“Flames will consume you”
The priest roared at the shepherd
Because their debate
Was going...
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Categories:
persian, beautiful, fire, religion, religious, spiritual, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Choka
If All of the Weird Ones Were CroppedThis piece has a fairly tricky rhyme scheme = a-a-B /c-c-B
If All of the Weird Ones Were Cropped
I was sittin’ alone in a booth in a deli in Cody, Wyoming one day,
When a...
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Categories:
persian, animal, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Make Love To Me In That Ancient PlaceThe Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble ingress of Petra,
saying with thrill, the Jin of your Jihad...
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Categories:
persian, adventure, desire, history, love,
Form:
Epic
At Heaven's Gate - Parts 1 and 2PART 1: THE MEETING
Alone one night neath lantern light, I trudged a weary mile.
Forlorn, I went with shoulders bent (the storms around me howled)
until I met...
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Categories:
persian, fantasy,
Form:
Ballad
Give Peace a Chance Part 1Like the twelfth
juror in the play
I must say I am not
convinced
For I know a recipe
for trouble
I have seen the
double standards
And I do not approve
this for Kenya
I will never approve
it, and neither
Would you, dear
friend of...
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Categories:
persian, peace,
Form:
Free verse
The Three Enigmas of TurandotThe three enigmas of Turandot
The well of souls run deep in fabled lands of old.
Of China's ancient dynasty and the lost Great Tartary,
a ballad of love and loss that must be told.
The Emperor's daughter,...
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Categories:
persian, crush, longing, love, moon, romantic love, sad
Form:
Narrative
Haman and United We Fall Together We StandIn school it was all about Greek and Latin at a stretch it proposed
...
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Categories:
persian, absence,
Form:
Free verse
For Old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam - a Name Like Shakespeare's For Some Other Giants - Part OneFor old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam – a name like Shakespeare’s for « some » other giants - Part One
...
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Categories:
persian, philosophy, tribute,
Form:
Quatrain
Beloved Femme Fatale
“Beloved Femme Fatale”
Musk and Neroli satin skin spoons
Naked feet ‘neath The Pillars of Petra
She towers majestic above you, colours your grey skies
You are worshipping her on your knees
What does it matter, anymore? Before your eyes,...
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Categories:
persian, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
When Savages Sang Strongly 4Sometimes faith lives on the edge of a knife
as Sviastoslav the Rus sacker came to know
The Khazar Khanate knew how to cut a slight
his gilded skull stole the show,
The Vatican went from a marsh...
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Categories:
persian, heart,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Darius Was the Medo-Persian KingDarius was the Medo-Persian king,
Which means he was in charge of everything.
One hundred twenty satraps gave account,
So he would have an up-to-date amount;
All this so that he might not suffer loss.
‘Since that’s a lot of...
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Categories:
persian, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
The Invention of ZeroZero.
By which nothing is divided.
No zero
no negative
no opposite
no hope
no Adam, no apple, no marriage, no morning.
No mirror
no knowledge
no God, no soul, no ear lobe, no Iliad, no Odyssey.
No universe
no black hole
no zodiac
no hero
no mission, no...
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Categories:
persian, father, future, home, hope, math, morning, wind,
Form:
Verse
Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian WarDreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War
In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft from solid stone
standing on soil blood soaked in red!
My heart...
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Categories:
persian, conflict, death, history, imagery, military, sorrow, war,
Form:
Narrative
Bogu Qaghan's Conversion To ManichaeismThe Uyghur Empire’s ruler where the sun rarely blessed
Travelled to the Northern bank of the Luo in contemplation
And stayed in a tomb for three days after battling Yan
Thus, four angels of the Faith of Mani...
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Categories:
persian, deep, education, history, religion, religious, sun, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Talk to meM o o n is a rose quartz pearl,
unraveling midnight musings,
glazed in...
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Categories:
persian, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
A Message To EinsteinA MESSAGE TO EINSTEIN
Originally Composed in Persian Language by:
M. H. Shahryar (1904- 1988)
Translated into English by:
Abdullah Bageri Hamidi
Einstein! An unspecified greeting! Well, pardon;
Running in the twilight of moonlight, fair;
With the curl of the wavering...
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Categories:
persian, education, environment, future, journey, mountains, war,
Form:
Blank verse
The Trumpist VoteTHE TRUMPIST VOTE: A satirical Persian poem and its English translation, by the poet himself.
POST / SHARE / FORWARD / PUBLISH (with attribution--please)
NOTE: In addition to this translated poem, to see some of Moji Agha's...
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Categories:
persian, america, confusion, history, political, satire, smile, visionary,
Form:
Political Verse
One Way Ships - Part 2Continued from Part 1
Hungary hounds harangue the highlands,
howl at skies and desert islands…
Below, unfettered carbon crows conceal the parting path she chose
Lighthouse lamps and lanterns lolling…
Mute abandoned fleets are calling…
The shallow shadowed portholes vaunt dim...
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Categories:
persian, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Gypsy LoveMy Sweet Gypsy Lover [ edit ]
Im feeling all these emotions
It's hard to hold back
When the mood is right, we have a little wine
romantic music and candle light
I kissed your lips so softly...
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Categories:
persian, beauty, blessing, christian, heartbroken, inspiration, miss you,
Form:
Free verse