Fire (four volumes)

Dual-language edition, Farsi and English.

A translation by Iman Tavassoly and Paul Cronin.

Between 2006 and 2011, Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami – author of three books of original verse – released his selections from and adaptations of four masters of Persian poetry: Nima (1895 – 1960), Hafez, Saadi and Rumi (all from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). This material is presented to English-speaking readers for the first time, in eight volumes: Nima’s Water, Hafez’s Wine, Saadi’s Tears and Rumi’s Fire. In 2015, Kiarostami published two further books, the dual anthology entitled Night, his selections from a variety of classical and contemporary poets.

Here for a brochure about the Kiarostami poetry project.

Rumi, who wrote in the thirteenth century, was a Persian poet, scholar and mystic whose teachings continue to have a profound influence around the world.

Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) was one of Iran’s leading filmmakers who also published several books of photographs and poetry.

^{Fire (2015)
Volume 1 Paperback ISBN 978-1-942782-01-8 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 1 Hardback ISBN 978-0-9905308-9-3 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 2 Paperback ISBN 978-1-942782-03-2 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 2 Hardback ISBN 978-1-942782-02-5 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 3 Paperback ISBN 978-1-942782-04-9 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 3 Hardback ISBN 978-1-942782-05-6 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 4 Paperback ISBN 978-1-942782-06-3 552pp 5×8 inches
Volume 4 Hardback ISBN 978-1-942782-07-0 552pp 5×8 inches}