Denis McAuley
@denismcauley.bsky.social
Independent researcher (when I get half a chance): classical Arabic poetry, especially Sufi. Also Persian. All views my own.
رسید مژده که ایّامِ غم نخواهد ماند چنان نماند چنین نیز هم نخواهد ماند
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
رسید مژده که ایّامِ غم نخواهد ماند چنان نماند چنین نیز هم نخواهد ماند
لَرَأَيْنا مُسْتَيْقِظينَ أُمورًا / حَسْبُنا أَنْ تَكونَ رُؤْيا مَنام
January 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
لَرَأَيْنا مُسْتَيْقِظينَ أُمورًا / حَسْبُنا أَنْ تَكونَ رُؤْيا مَنام
Reposted by Denis McAuley
Me reading a quatrain of Rudaki in a reconstruction of Early New Persian pronunciation. Yes that ع is an actual pharyngeal consonant
All that we are in this world, kid, is prey.
Death is a hawk we finches cannot stall.
Sooner or later, all roses decay.
Death's grinding stone will pulverize us all.
All that we are in this world, kid, is prey.
Death is a hawk we finches cannot stall.
Sooner or later, all roses decay.
Death's grinding stone will pulverize us all.
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Me reading a quatrain of Rudaki in a reconstruction of Early New Persian pronunciation. Yes that ع is an actual pharyngeal consonant
All that we are in this world, kid, is prey.
Death is a hawk we finches cannot stall.
Sooner or later, all roses decay.
Death's grinding stone will pulverize us all.
All that we are in this world, kid, is prey.
Death is a hawk we finches cannot stall.
Sooner or later, all roses decay.
Death's grinding stone will pulverize us all.