Obeyd-e Zakani, who died in 1372 is among the great poets of Iran but little known in the West. This selection of his work is the first to be translated into English. Obeyd was a remarkable satirist and social critic who looked upon his world of extravagant indulgence and corruption with the censorious eyes of a Juvenal, and portrayed it with the ...
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Publisher: Colorado Typographic Society
Date Published: 1971
Description: Good. Second Impression Limited to 375 Copies. Boulder, CO. : Este Es Press & Colorado Typographic Society, 1971. Classic scholarly text contains an English free verse translation of one of the great masterpieces of the fourteenth century by the renown Persian satirist, Obeyd of Zaakan. The poem reflects the political personalities and events of 14th Century Persia, emphasizing the moral of the strength of will is the best defense against degenerancy, tyranny and exploitation. Very Clean Copy ... read more
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