Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Eid-e Shoma Mobarak! Happy new year anyway, damnit! Chahar-shanbe suri "Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to solitude retires. Iran indeed is gone with all its Rose, And Jamshid’s seven ringed cup where no one knows, But still the vine her ancient Ruby yields, And still a garden by the water blows. Come, Fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The winter garment of repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly--and lo! the Bird is on the Wing." Fitzgerald’s version of Omar Khayyam’s Rubiyat Miniature from a No Ruz card by Badri Borghei 1:23:33 PM    comment []

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