function remove_version() { return ''; } add_filter('the_generator', 'remove_version'); rumi – Arabic, Persian, Farsi, Urdu, Dari Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com خوش خط فارسى و الخطوط العربية Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:44:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Farsi Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 03:43:31 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/?page_id=944 ORDER YOUR CALLIGRAPHY DESIGN

I bring over 40 years of experience as a calligrapher to my work in Farsi, Persian, Urdu and Arabic Calligraphy. I work in both contemporary and traditional calligraphy styles, providing work for a diverse array of ... Read More

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]]> Poetry in Persian / Farsi Calligraphy https://farsicalligraphy.com/portfolio/poetry-in-persian-farsi-calligraphy/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:16:26 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=921 For poetry in Persian / Farsi, calligraphy is the natural partner.  I receive many requests to calligraph the works of both classical and contemporary Persian poets and to produce calligraphic art for framing, weddings, book publication, tattoos and even jewelry. ... Read More

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]]> Rumi: sell your cleverness https://farsicalligraphy.com/this-line-of-poetry-from-rumi-has-been-translated/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:17:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/03/26/this-line-of-poetry-from-rumi-has-been-translated/ This line of poetry from Rumi has been translated as “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”  I prefer “Sell your cleverness and buy be-wonderment.”  The Persian says: buy the art of wonder.  Calligraphy 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: The Messiah is within my heart and like an invalid, I roam https://farsicalligraphy.com/a-poem-of-mawlana-rumi-nah-man-beehodeh-gerde/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:01:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/25/a-poem-of-mawlana-rumi-nah-man-beehodeh-gerde/ A poem of Mawlana Rumi, “Nah man beehodeh gerde koocheh.” If you would like to hear this song sung in the Sufi ecstatic style, here is a link to a rendering by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The accent is definitely ... Read More

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]]> Rumi: Seek the science that unties for you this knot. https://farsicalligraphy.com/from-rumi-seek-the-science-that-unties-for-you/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:02:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/02/12/from-rumi-seek-the-science-that-unties-for-you/ From Rumi:

Seek the science that unties for you this knot.

Seek it as long as there’s life in you still to be sought.

Leave that nothing that looks like it is something;

Seek that something that looks like nothing; ... Read More

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]]> Rumi: If you want light . . . https://farsicalligraphy.com/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-persian/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:02:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2014/01/28/if-you-want-light-you-must-light-a-fire-persian/ “if you want light, you must light a fire” Persian poetry by Jalaluddin Maulana Rumi.  Persian (Farsi) calligraphy by Stewart J. Thomas www.palmstone.com.

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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.

Don’t ... Read More

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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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]]> Mawlana Rumi https://farsicalligraphy.com/rumi-poetry/ Thu, 02 May 2013 22:59:00 +0000 http://farsicalligraphy.com/index.php/2013/05/02/rumi-poetry/ Mawlana Rumi wrote these two lines about the lover and the beloved.  I am not aware of a translation into English.  I shall undertake to translate it myself, but in the meanwhile if someone knows of a translation please let ... Read More

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