In "Borrowed Ware, poet and translator Dick Davis brings together a
collection of epigrams by poets from the "classic" period of
Persian literature. It makes a fascinating introduction to a
literature that is little known in the West, and incidentally
provides insight into a vanished and extraordinary way of life.
Davis's prodigious scholarship of Persian poetry has enabled him to
select a wide range of poems, from both famous and little-known
poets. The result is some to the best English translations of
Persian poetry ever. Davis has maintained exceptional faithfulness
to the original Persian while recasting the poems grace and drive
in English. The book also contains a lucid and entertaining
introduction, and informative notes on each of the sixty-eight
poets whose work is included. Each poem is faced by the text in
delicate Persian "nasta'liq calligraphy by Amir Hossein Tabnak
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