Poetry | Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam, Introduction with Alan Eyre
In this special shabé shehr episode, we are joined by Alan Eyre, the first (and last) ever Persian language spokesperson for the U.S. State Department. Alan has a little book with lines of his favorit...
26 Aug 202432min
Speak Lesson 74 | A Separation, Part 3
In this lesson, we watch a clip of the movie A Separation by Asghar Farahadi in which Nader and Razieh have a conversation about the potential for her husband to come work for Nader. We're joined in t...
21 Aug 202430min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 6
In this lesson, we go over the last two lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez. The lines are as follows: حافظا روزِ اجل گر به کف آری جامیhāfezā roozé ajal gar bé kaf āree jāmeeOh Hafez, if you ...
29 Jul 20249min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 5
In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez:نه من از پردهٔ تقوا به درافتادم و بسna man az pardé-yé taghva bā dar oftādam o basپدرم نیز بهشتِ ابد از دست بهشتpe...
22 Jul 20248min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 4
In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez: همه کس طالبِ یارند چه هشیار و چه مستhamé kas tālebé yārand ché hoshyār o ché mastهمه جا خانهٔ عشق است چه مسجد چه ...
15 Jul 202410min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 3
In this discussion on Hafez's aybé rendān makon, we go over the third and fourth line of the poem.
8 Jul 202411min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 2
In this lesson, we go over the individual words and phrases in the first two lines of the poem, aybé rendān makon by Hafez: عیبِ رندان مَکُن ای زاهدِ پاکیزه سرشتʿaybé rendān makon ay zāhedé pākeezé se...
1 Jul 202415min
Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Introduction with Persian Poetics
In this introductory lesson to one of Hafez's most famous poems, aybé rendān makon, we're joined by Muhammad Ali of Persian Poetics to go over the overall meaning of the poem and give a bit of an intr...
24 Jun 202439min
