Persian Art - The Conference of the Birds Hawk - Farid ud-Din Attar - Attar of Nishapur - saving Modern Farsi Art - Persian Poetry

saving *Farsi Written
A series inspired by Attar's "The Conference of the Birds" (منطق الطير). This listing will cover the Hawk figure and the poetry within it.

*English Translation:

This ocean can be yours; why should you stop
Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew?

OR

When you could have the ocean,
why would you only seek a drop of
evening dew?

- Farid ud-Din Attar, (The Conference of the Birds - "The Hoopoe's reply to the Peacock")
Translation by: C.S. Nott

*In Farsi:

چــــــون بــــــدریا مــــــیتــــــوانی راه یافــــــت
ســــوی یــــک شــــبنم چــــرا بایــــد شــــتافت

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The print is available in multiple sizes, ranging from 8x10 to 12x16 Inches.

Each print includes a description card, which has the English, Arabic/Farsi translations, as well as a preview of the selected piece.

Kindly note, the print ships unframed. Frames and matting are separately available in the "Frames" section of the shop:

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