Anvari

Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mahmud, or Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mohammad Khavarani (1126–1189) was a Persian poet and astronomer. He was court-poet of Seljuq Empire. Quotes Ghazal O mighty Prince, whose majesty sublimeScarce deigns to mount the piebald steed of Time;Whose judgment hits the mark of empire high,As 'twere an arrow quivered in the Sky–To-day hath Heav'n arrayed his cloudy throne,The wind shoots keener shafts than Arish's own;On every mountain-angle snowflakes starThe landscape, like a jewelled scimitar.And I have graced my song, as well I may,With the sweet prelude of another's lay.For whose'er of such a day hath sight,(Now chiefly when the tangled locks of NightFall thickliest) to his mind will come the line,"To-day's the day for tent and fire and wine."The Nine Spheres' influence keep thee safe and fast,While the Four Elements and Six Directions last! Muhammad Aufi's Lubab ul-Albab: vol. 2, p. 137, quoted in Islamic Poetry and Mysticism, p. 17 The Tears of Khorassan Waft, gentle gale, oh waft to Samercand,When next thou visitest that blissful land,The plaint of Khorassania plung'd in woe:Bear to Turania's King our piteous scroll,Whose opening breathes forth all the anguish'd soul,And close denotes whate'er the tortur'd know. The Tears of Khorassan, translated by William Kirkpatrick, quoted in A Literary History of Persia, 1908 External links Muhammad Aufi's Lubab ul-Albab: vol. 2 A Literary History of Persia by Edward Granville Browne, 1908 Category:1126 births Category:1189 deaths Category:Poets from Iran Category:12th-century Persian poets Category:Persian literature Category:Medieval poets Category:Seljuq-period poets Category:Ghaznavid-period poets Category:Astronomers from Persia Category:Scientists from Iran