English poems by Jascha Kessler, Ph.D. and Anthony A. Lee One hundred and fifty years ago, a Persian woman - Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), later known as Tahirih (the Pure One) - shocked her companions and scandalized her nation when she appeared openly and publicly in an assemblage of men without a veil. ~~~~~ Please try again.

Or Saintship, for Wilayat has both meanings. I didn't grasp the complexity involved in translation. ... Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry, Selected Poems of Qurratu'l-'Ayn. Her voice is sometimes triumphant, sometimes heartbreaking--but always irresistible.

John, himself a deep mystic, works on these poems from the inside out. which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904 and again in 1916/7, and lauded by Leo Tolstoy and other reviewers at the time.

The moonlight of your eyes, and drenched in fire: Hatcher presents examples from Homer, and also a verse translated by Shoghi Effendi cited in his translation of The Dawnbreakers. Please try your request again later. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry, Selected Poems of Qurratu'l-'Ayn. hlm. Tahirih's poems are well known among the Persian Baha'is, but until now there has been no suitable translation of her work that would give English-speaking readers a sense of her genius. I can enthusiastically recommend this ambitious work . Kalimat Press, Los Angeles, USA.

This Heart.

Her poetry reflects her passion, devotion and depth of knowledge.

This heart, this heart, it thinks of only you. ~~~~~
Now I understand Tahirih and some of my own processes better. this heart, I swear, delights in only you. sales@grbooks.com. Her voice is sometimes triumphant, sometimes heartbreaking--but always irresistible.

Here Tahirih speaks for herself and proclaims her Cause.

Tahirih: A Theology in Poetry by Anthony Lee 2016.

A unique collection of the poetry of Táhirih: scholar, poet and the only woman Letter of the Living. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. John Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat - the one a poet and professor of English, the other a scholar of Persian and Arabic - have combined their talents to produce a remarkable translation of more than 40 poems written by Táhirih. ISBN 978-1-890688-36-3.

This heart, I swear, it sings for only you. The resulting book is, much more than an accurate rendering of her verse from Persian and Arabic into English; it is an amazingly sturdy piece of scholarship . To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer.

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In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. We use cookies to enable you purchase products and give you a better browsing experience. Four years later she was dead - executed as a heretic. Now Amin Banani, Professor Emeritus at UCLA in Persian history and literature; Jascha Kessler, Professor of English at UCLA; and Anthony A. Lee, historian and award-winning poet, have teamed to produce this translation of her work. translated and edited by Amin Banani, Ph.D., English poems by Jascha Kessler, Ph.D. and Anthony A. Lee Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, Volume 17 A breathtaking collection of poems, published in the original Persian with translations into exciting English poetry.

Táhirih's poetry, astonishing and beautiful, stands as a monument to this remarkable 19th-century Iranian woman. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Are you an author?

Well-known to Persian Bahá'ís, these poems are now familiar parts of western Bahá'í Holy Day celebrations and devotional gatherings in their English translations. Herts AL6 0UB Soheil Bushrui, Bahá'í Chair for World Peace, Center for International Conflict Management, University of Maryland. .



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