Persian Poem

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Title: Persian Poem

Year: 2004

Medium: Soot ink on ahar paper. Border background painted with pigment, bound with caparol. Illuminated with 23K yellow gold, bound with Russian isinglass and gum arabic. Ebru back. Reed pens.

Script: Talik

Image size: 13 x 19”

Interpretation: Come, come, again just come to us! Whether you are a lapsed Muslim, a fire-worshipper, or an idolater, just come! This is not the court of hopelessness. Even if you have broken your repentance 100 times, just come!

This poem, in the form called a rubai (four hemistiches), is believed to be by Rumi.

Signature: Signed and dated by artist