The Masnavi of Giti and Saeed - Footnotes and Glossary Part two
...Cultural and Social Terms
Idol: In Persian poetry, often refers to the beloved, particularly one who is non-Muslim. The term carries complex connotations of forbidden desire and spiritual challeng...
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Categories:
fana, cute love,
Form: Prose
never never land
...storm
howls
in nether regions
licking the dust off the earth
like powdered sugar
shaking
and rattling loose
all that's not tightly bound
driving and pounding
it spanks smooth beaches
w...
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Categories:
fana, storm,
Form: Free verse
Numbers In Uphill Letters
...[A cuppa with mademoiselle Fana Tesfagiorgis]
I had just driven my ageless self into the Kaufmanns’ 1936–1939
Frank Lloyd Wright-constructed Pennsylvania getaway:Falling Water Mansion–
In a 1...
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Categories:
fana, appreciation,
Form: I do not know?
Mirror
...Cermin
Kupandangi cermin didepan berdiriku
Akankah bayangan itu berubah?
Mungkinkah bayangan itu memudar?
Bayangan itu senyata nafasku
Bayangan itu sepasti lukaku
Semakin dalam dukaku saat me...
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Categories:
fana, introspection, me, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Fana: the Falling Away of the Falling Away
...So much of life
Is like walking a beach all alone;
Where you began is lost in the white distance behind
Where you are headed a mystery as well.
We carry along two small bags of pretty pebbles
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Categories:
fana, faith, inspirational, introspection, mystery,
Form: Free verse