Alas for Youth

Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi Firdowsi 0940 (Tus) – 1020 (Tus)



Much have I labored, much read o'er
Of Arabic and Persian lore,
Collecting tales unknown and known;
Now two and sixty years are flown.
Regret, and deeper woe of sin,
'Tis all that youth has ended in,
And I with mournful thoughts rehearse
Bu Táhir Khusrawáni's verse:
'I mind me of my youth and sigh,
Alas for youth, for youth gone by!'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 02, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 336
Words 65
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Hakim Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi Firdowsi

Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی‎), or just Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Ferdowsi is celebrated as the most influential figure in Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature. more…

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