Songs of Barbad is a collection of poems by Amir Hakimi, published by Asemana Books.
Language: Persian
I thank you, my friend, for taking the keepsake into your nest.
You have given the exiled body a homeland in the corner of your library.
I wished to be the narrator of our lives, yours and mine, countless beings.
What has come from me to you is now part of the chain of words.
Wherever I looked, within me, before me, you were always seated.
And our lives are what you and I gaze upon, as we inevitably view them as protagonists of another story from our own lives.
Thus, I have delved into tales of the past.
“Daftar-e Alhan” (Songs of Barbad) is the result of repeated readings of Nizami’s treasures, particularly the gem Khosrow and Shirin. These pieces were composed over six months, from Esfand 1399 (February-March 2021) to Shahrivar 1400 (August-September 2021), inspired by Barbad’s 30 melodies and crafted into thirty compositions, each adorned with the name of one of Barbad’s melodies. The thirtieth piece, The Sweet Garden, consists of four parts—Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter—and each part is dedicated to one of the great contemporary Iranian directors.
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