KAWTHAR

Oh friend! By the Kawthar I am sitting thirsty, Beside me you are, I am restless by your separation.

THE BURDEN OF SAFEKEEPING

I want the sorrow that the sympathizer of which to be you, I want a heart whose heart-ravisher to be you.

THE SANCTUM OF THE INTOXICATED

In the dervish’s circle no purity we saw, Within the monastery from Him no sound we heard.

THE SLEEPING HEART

Your eyes where? The illuminating the world sun where? The beloved’s face remembering where, the sleeping heart where?

Imam Khomeini's old friend and companion

Ayatollah Rafsanjani was a longtime friend of Imam Khomeini

Second annual cultural week kicked off in Khomein

Institute set to launch Imam Khomeini’s cultural week

The opening ceremony will be held on January 2 at Imam Khomeini’s birth city of Khomein and will be attended by senior officials, political figures, cultural personalities and academics and intellectuals.