![In the Tar of Night [Dar Qir-e Shab] by Sohrab Sepehri](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/iranartmag-sohrab-sepehri-300x172.jpg)
In the Tar of Night [Dar Qir-e Shab] Long has this solitude been, Where silence paints the design of lips. A distant call beckons to me, But my feet are
![Forough Farrokhzad: Only the Voice Remains [Tanha Sedast I Mimanad]](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/The-Sin-Gonah-by-Forough-Farrokhzad-2.jpeg)
The Sin (Gonah) I have sinned, a sin full of pleasure, In an embrace that was warm and fiery. I sinned in arms That were eager, vengeful and steely. In
![Throne of Solomon [Takht-e Abunasr]](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sadeq-Hedayat-Abji-Khanum-300x291.webp)
Throne of Solomon [Takht-e Abunasr] In the second year of the excavations at the Metropolitan Museum of Chicago near Shiraz, on the hill of “Takht-e Abunasr”,” scientific investigations were carried
The other evening I was there, in the little parlor. Her mother and sister were also present, the mother in gray and the daughters in red, matching the crimson velvet
![Buried Alive [Zendeh Be Goor] By Sadeq Hedayat](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sadeq-Hedayat-300x169.jpeg)
Only yesterday they granted me solitude in my chamber. Could it be that, as the warden promised, I am now completely cured and will be released to freedom next week?
He has built himself a room in the center of the world, surrounded by a wasteland of sand and wind. Perhaps now and then, when he goes up on the
Dear Reader, I did not write the story of “Waking and Dreaming” to teach you a lesson. My intention is to make you more familiar with the children of my
As dusk began to weave its shadowy carpet across the sky, Hasmik pulled the brim of her hat down to cover her eyebrows and pulled the collar of her cloak
1 Dear listeners, think about the eternal truths that lie before us. Examine your conscience. The world stands on the edge of an unknown precipice. In these turbulent times, people’s
