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poetry Archives - Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy

Omar Khayyam

June 5, 2014 |

The 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam, says “I am my own, and, what I am, I am / من زان خودم چنان که هستم هستم”  Calligraphy and hand painted border by Stewart J. Thomas, www.palmstone.com

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Dance when you are perfectly free

March 20, 2014 |

“Dance when you are perfectly free”  Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by S.J. Thomas.  No Ruz Pirooz!

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Rumi: Don’t sleep!

January 25, 2014 |

Poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, palmstone.com.  A popular translation of this passage reads:

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you.

Don’t go back to sleep!

You must ask for what you really want.

Don’t … Read More

Poetry

June 1, 2013 |

Calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas of the poem by Rumi, translated as:

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People … Read More

Persian Poetry and Calligraphy

May 21, 2013 |

“Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, and the most gripping stories. Bring them home, so that they may live another day. These memories will never fade.” Persian calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas  Read More

If you want light, you must light a fire

April 26, 2013 |

“If you want light, you must light a fire,” poetry by Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, known by most simply as Rumi, the great poet who can be claimed by several modern nations, but who wrote in Persian (Farsi) in … Read More

All who wander are not lost

April 4, 2013 |

All who wander are not lost, Arabic calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas

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Oh Soul, you worry too much

April 2, 2013 |

Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas, selection from the poem of Jalaludin Rumi, known in English as “Oh Soul, you worry too much”

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Poetry from Mahmoud Darwish

March 28, 2013 |

3 lines of poetry from Mahmoud Darwish:

between two countries never belonging in one no longer belonging in the other

Calligraphy, ink and watercolour on mulberry paper by Stewart J. Thomas.

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Fire in Rain

March 10, 2013 |

Persian (Farsi) translation of “I am the fire that lives only in the rain.” Original Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas on marbled paper.

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