Beloved Poetry
Some words refuse
to be forgotten.
Spoken renderings of Rumi, Hafiz, Neruda, Kabir, and others — carried across centuries, voice to voice, and read here slowly: meant to be heard, not skimmed.
Sit here. Listen. Something is waiting for you.
Leave the Familiar for a While
The Last Poem I Write for Her
When Will The Day Dawn
Time Bends
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Amir Khalighi
A living voice, carrying the old words forward.
Hafiz
Hafez; Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e ShīrāzīWhere the tavern becomes a temple, and sorrow learns to sing.
Kabir
A weaver's plainness, cut through with fire.
Pablo Neruda
The body remembered, the sea still speaking.
Rumi
Mevlana; Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad RūmīWhere longing becomes the path itself.
Sultan Walad (Bahauddin)
Sultan Valad; Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad-i WaladA son's voice, tending the fire his father lit.
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