Thursday March 12 2009
7:30-9:30 PM
Join Shabava performing music from India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and the Arab world. This concert will feature the poetry of Rumi, Hafez, Khayyam, and Baba Tahir, performed in the original language and accompanied by English translations.
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حیلت رها کن عاشقا دیوانه شو دیوانه شو
و اندر دل آتش درآ پروانه شو پروانه شو
هم خویش را بیگانه کن هم خانه را ویرانه کن
وآنگه بیا با عاشقان هم خانه شو هم خانه شو
رو سینه را چون سینهها هفت آب شو از کینهها
وآنگه شراب عشق را پیمانه شو پیمانه شو
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Wednesday March 18, 2009
Bowery Poetry Club
6 – 9 pm
Opening the evening will be Rana Farhan, who is best known for setting classical Farsi (Persian) poetry to contemporary jazz and blue. The second act of Shab-e She’r, the Norooz Edition will feature Iraj Anvar - singer, author and expert translator of Rumi.
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