Ending

Here they are — fifty new English versions of the ghazals appearing in The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa, published by Jessie Duncan Westbrook and Magan Lal in 1913, along with the text of their translation from Persian into English. I’ve finished the project I began a year ago. To Zeb-un-Nissa, I say: Thanks for the ride. [...]

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More than mid-way

Here it is mid-August and I’ve returned to this project after a long pause. In the last few days I’ve added four poems to the 36 I’d previously posted. I do plan to complete the project — 50 ghazals in 52 weeks — by the first week in September. I have to say, though, that [...]

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