pohaku

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   by pohaku 7y ago

   The continuing popularity in Iran and the Persophone world of Classical poets such as Hafez and Rumi, and of poetry in general, has no equal that I know of in the West. I suspect that this tends to slow down language change to some extent.
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   by pohaku 7y ago

   Yes, but on the other hand, original lyrics by Hafez, Rumi, and others are commonly used, unchanged, as lyrics for contemporary Persian songs, even for full-on rock songs, dance music, love songs, etc. I haven't heard any songs in the
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   by pohaku 7y ago

   I should have mentioned that the Warner's translations are available on-line. Here's V 1: https://archive.org/details/shahnama01firduoft/page/n6
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   by pohaku 7y ago

   You should be able to use a site like ganjoor.net, which contains most classical Persian texts, in Persian only, but in modern type (as opposed to simply being a picture of an ancient or modern manuscript page). We've made heavy use of
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   by pohaku 7y ago

   Most current-day readers might prefer Davis, but the best in my eyes is that by the two brothers Warner: "Between 1905 and 1925, the brothers Arthur and Edmond Warner published a translation of the complete work in nine volumes, now ou