An animal always recognises its child, Be it a fish in the sea, or a horse on the plains | Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Asghar Seyed Gohrab and Leiden Medievalists Blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content |
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At the beginning of the story, Ferdowsi asks the question, whether death is just or unjust? The epic has inspired poets and other artists, and politicians and ideologues, who have used it for diverse purposes | Under the terms of this Agreement, Member may purchase Services from SMSA through the Website |
In the next combat, Rostam throws Sohrab down.
During the banquet, on the night before the battle, I watched through an opening in the tent | It was true, it was true, what people had said: in the army of our land …, although it trains champions and burns enemies, … I could not find a single one, chivalrous, skilled in battle and agile in throwing a lance, to match that sturdy knight |
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He recites part of his poem in a four-minute video posted on , and this video has gone viral on Social Media | At one level, Ferdowsi depicts the politics between two empires and how each desires worldly gain, whereas at another level, the poet focuses on human behaviour |
In the deadly silence of the plains, A cry was poured in the ear of my soul, [as if] a drug was poured in the marrow of my bones.
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