Influence of Imam Khomeini on Arab poetry in current era

Imam Khomeini in both life time and after impressed the Arab contemporary literature strongly so that plenty of Arab poets composed eulogies for him, through which they’ve expressed their honest heart feeling, pure emotions and new meaning inventions of meanings in new poetical frames.

THE BELOVED’S BAR

Now that to me the tavern’s door is closed, It had better my own sorrow to the wine-seller will be told.

THE LOVE MYSTERY

Of the interests of the deceptive we are unaware, Of the sages we are unaware.

THE HEART’S KA‘BAH

As soon as from the existent world into non-existence we crawled, We heartily cut off from everything but the beloved.

PAIN SUFFERER

We are love-born and pain increasing, With the claimant hermit of the mosque, we are fighting.

THE EVERLASTING CUP

We are the lover’s creation and the cup’s adopted son, We are perfect in sacrificing and being drunkard for the beloved.

Imam Khomeini’s poetry enclosed deep mystical expressions

The poetry left by Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic contains deep mystical, philosophical and social concepts. For an instance, we bring following a famous poem by Imam which is full of insightful mystical and religious expressions.

THE HIDDEN TREASURE