celticvoice
That is sad that his marrvelous work was lost (almost). What a serene face, and a wonderful photo!
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Here's a short tale in English - he's readily finabdbl on Goolgle by dearching for "ROODAKI": "Roodaki Abou Abdollah Ja’far bin Mohammad Roodaki was born in a village near Bokhara ( 260 A.H.), so he was famed as Roodaki. He was blind. Some believed that he was born blind, but it couldn’t be a correct opinion about a poet who could explain the nature very well. He had about one million poems but just some of them are available. Roodaki had an elegant poetic verve and an admirable song. He played Reed (flute) skillfully. He knew Islamic sciences well. He made Kaleelah va Demnah into verse and made some poems with different rhythms. He had many works in different kinds such as: lyric, quatrain, and elegy, but unfortunately just some of them are available today." http://www.irib.com/Ouriran/mashahir/Adabi/roodaki/html/en/roodaki.htm
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Roudaki, Father of Persian Poetry TEHRAN, June 21--Roudaki is the first poet that left behind a rhythmic poetry and that's why he is called father of Persian poetry. Expressing this view, an instructor at Allameh Tabatabaei University, Jinous Sheikh Moonesi said that Abu-Abdullah Jaafar Roudaki was the father of Persian poetry not because he was the first poet but because he applied rules of Persian poetry and aesthetic techniques with high skill and art which brought him such high status, reported ISNA. "Certainly, Roudaki was more forceful than his predecessors, because he could earn public reputation. The people could understand his poetry well," Sheikh Moonesi said. She pointed out that Roudaki's style of poetry is strong in terms of description citing his poem 'Mother of Wine' in which the poet explains the process of producing wine very precisely. A filmmaker has produced a video clip taking pictures of the step-by-step description to process wine which Roudaki explained in
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A filmmaker has produced a video clip taking pictures of the step-by-step description to process wine which Roudaki explained in his poem line by line respectively, she added. "Roudaki's descriptive style and the simile he applied in his poetry are still interesting in the contemporary age." On the theme of Roudaki poetry, she said that the poet talked about spring, love, eulogy and admiration of the king and at the same time, he indirectly invites the king to consider justice and avoid injustice. For example, Poet Manuchehri did not encourage the king to do good and praised him irrespective of what is going on in terms of justice, but, Roudaki used to advise the king while praising him, she said. She said that there is common ground between the themes of Roudaki's poetry and those of Omar Khayyam. Both of them have called on the people to lead a joyful life. "They applied simile in their poetry to convey a theme that life is mortal and empty." She said that Roudaki's poetry has
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She said that Roudaki's poetry has beautiful harmony associated with Persian music. http://irandaily.ir/1384/2305/html/art.htm
shakeh
Thanks thanks dear celticvoie for more information you gave here for Roodaki..
MIKEDONAHUE
great perspective !!!!!!!