Ahmad Shamlou (Persian pronunciation: [忙h藞m忙d(-e) 蕛藞蓲藧mlu藧], also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (Persian: 丕. 亘丕賲丿丕丿鈥�)) (December 12, 1925 鈥� July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou is arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. His initial poetry was influenced by and in the tradition of Nima Youshij. Shamlou's poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is simple. As the base, he uses the traditional imagery familiar to his Iranian audience through the works of Persian masters like Hafiz and Omar Khayy谩m. For infrastructure and impact, he uses a kind of everyday imagery in which personified oxymoronic elements are spiked with an unreal combination of the abstract and the concrete thus far unprecedented in Persian poetry, which distressed some of the admirers of more traditional poetry. Shamlou has translated extensively from French to Persian and his own works are also translated into a number of languages. He has also written a number of plays, edited the works of major classical Persian poets, especially Hafiz. His thirteen-volume Ketab-e Koucheh (The Book of Alley) is a major contribution in understanding the Iranian folklore beliefs and language. He also writes fiction and Screenplays, contributing to children鈥檚 literature, and journalism.
賴賵丕蹖 鬲丕夭賴 = Havaye Taze = Fresh Air: a Collection of Poems, Ahmad Shamlu
Fresh Air published in 1957.
Ahmad Shamlou (December 12, 1925 鈥� July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. Shamlou was one of the pioneers of modern Persian poetry and has had the greatest influence, after Nima, on Iranian poets of his era. Shamlou's poetry is complex, yet his imagery, which contributes significantly to the intensity of his poems, is accessible.
The poem reflects a kind of optimism and loyalty. The poet is talking about a day:
when we will find our doves, a day when kindness will unite (will take the hands of) beauty. A day, when the minimum (least) song is 鈥榢iss鈥�, and each person is a brother to other person. A day when no one will close the door of his house to others. Locks will be found in the myths (tales) only, and hearts will be enough for living.
He is talking about a day:
when the meaning of each word is love, and nobody will have to look for words to express his feeling. A day when the rhythm of each word is 鈥榣ife鈥�, and you will not have to suffer difficulties to compose a poem. A day when each lip is a song, and kiss will become the least song.
He ends his work by saying:
鈥淎 day, when you will come, you will come forever, and kindness and beauty will become equal. A day when we will feed our doves again. And I will be waiting for that day even if I will be no more (to see that day).