function remove_version() { return ''; } add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_version'); poetry – Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com خوش خط فارسى و الخطوط العربية Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:37:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 Omar Khayyam https://farsicalligraphy.com/the-11th-century-poet-omar-khayyam-says-i-am-my/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:28:23 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/06/05/the-11th-century-poet-omar-khayyam-says-i-am-my/ 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 https://farsicalligraphy.com/dance-when-you-are-perfectly-free-persian/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:07:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/20/dance-when-you-are-perfectly-free-persian/ “Dance when you are perfectly free”  Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by S.J. Thomas.  No Ruz Pirooz!

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]]> Rumi: Don’t sleep! https://farsicalligraphy.com/poetry-by-jalaluddin-rumi-calligraphy-by-stewart/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:00:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/01/25/poetry-by-jalaluddin-rumi-calligraphy-by-stewart/ 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.

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]]> Poetry https://farsicalligraphy.com/calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas-of-the-poem-by/ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:53:30 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/06/01/calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas-of-the-poem-by/ 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

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]]> Persian Poetry and Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com/out-of-pain-and-problems-have-come-the-sweetest/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:39 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/05/21/out-of-pain-and-problems-have-come-the-sweetest/ “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

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]]> If you want light, you must light a fire https://farsicalligraphy.com/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-poetry/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:28 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/04/26/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-poetry/ “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

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]]> All who wander are not lost https://farsicalligraphy.com/all-who-wander-are-not-lost-arabic-calligraphy-by/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:27:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/04/04/all-who-wander-are-not-lost-arabic-calligraphy-by/ All who wander are not lost, Arabic calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas

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]]> Oh Soul, you worry too much https://farsicalligraphy.com/persian-farsi-calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:55:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/04/02/persian-farsi-calligraphy-by-stewart-j-thomas/ 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 https://farsicalligraphy.com/3-lines-of-poetry-from-mahmoud-darwish-between/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:09:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/03/28/3-lines-of-poetry-from-mahmoud-darwish-between/ 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 https://farsicalligraphy.com/persian-farsi-translation-of-i-am-the-fire-that/ Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:30:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/03/10/persian-farsi-translation-of-i-am-the-fire-that/ 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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