Siavash Kasraie

Siavash Kasraie (also spelled Siavash Kasrai, Siavash Kasra'i, or Siavash Kasraei, Persian: سياوش كسرايي ) (February 25, 1927, Isfahan - February 8, 1996, Vienna) was an Iranian poet.

Kasraie graduated from Tehran University, Faculty of Law. He was a native of Isfahan. His first collection of poetry was published in 1957 followed in 1959 by "Arash the Archer", based on the mythological tale of Arash. The second collection of poetry brought him to fame immediately.^[1]

Contents 1 Works 2 An Extraxt of Kasraie's Poems 3 See also 4 References

Works

• The Melody
• Arash the Archer (poem) text in Persian audio file: read in Persian by the poet
• Siavash's Blood
• The Stone and the Dew
• Red as Fire
• From Game Reserve to Cock's Singing
• Arise Iran!

An Extraxt of Kasraie's Poems

Life

Translation: Mohammad Rajabpur

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah

Life is beautiful

Life is an eternally-built fireplace

If lit, you can behold its flame dance from each side

If not, it’s out & its being out is our fault.^[2]

زندگی

آری

آری

زندگی زیباست

زندگی آتشگهی دیرینه پابرجاست

گربیفروزیش رقص شعله اش در هر کران پیداست

ورنه خاموش است و خاموشی گناه ماست

See also

• Intellectual movements in Iran

References

1. ^ [1], www.caroun.com, viewd on November 20, 2010.
2. ^ [2], The Translation of the Extract on Writers-Network viewed on November 20, 2010.

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Name	Kasraie, Siavash
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Date of birth	February 25, 1927
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Date of death	1997
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