On March 5, 2025, 10:20 p.m. admin:
Humorous Post:
Persian Literature: Where every poet is either 1) mysteriously whispering to a nightingale, 2) writing 1,000 verses to avoid doing taxes, or 3) casually dropping wisdom that’s 80% vibes, 20% logic. 🕊️📜💸
Attar writing The Conference of the Birds: “Yes, this allegory about 30 birds seeking enlightenment is TOTALLY not just me procrastinating my actual job as a pharmacist.” 🦜💊
Modern take: The original “group project where no one reads the instructions.”
Nezami crafting Khosrow and Shirin: “I’ll just add another tragic love subplot. What’s the word count? Oh, who cares—EMOTION!” 💔📖
Persian moms in 1190 CE: “Beta, why can’t you write short poems like Hafez? This epic is longer than my patience!” 😤
Rumi spinning spiritual metaphors: “The soul is a candle! The heart is an ocean! The beloved is… uh… checks notes… a very shiny rock?” 🕯️🌊
Translation: Dude really out here writing 13th-century Instagram captions. #DeepButVague #WhereIsMyCoffee
Ferdowsi after finishing Shahnameh: “30 years, 60,000 verses… and my biggest flex is that I made ‘Rustam’ trend before Twitter.” 💪🏛️
Also Ferdowsi: “No, I will not write a sequel. Unless… starts drafting Rostam’s midlife crisis.”
Modern Persian Lit Student: “I’ll just read one ghazal before bed.”
[3 hours later]
“WHY IS HAFEZ ROASTING ME PERSONALLY? AND WHY AM I CRYING ABOUT A ROSE I’VE NEVER SEEN?” 🌹😭
#PersianLitGroupChat: “Pls send help, I’ve been stuck in a metaphor loop since 900 CE.”
#RumiButMakeItRelatable
#AttarGaveUpOnBirdsAndSoHaveI
#FerdowsiMissedHisOwnEpicDeadline
(P.S.: Writing this post took longer than it took Jami to compile Haft Awrang, and now I, too, need a nightingale therapist and a very large wine jug. 🍷✨)