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ananda

(34,839 posts)
2. That's so fantastic.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:00 PM
Yesterday

Some years ago a young Iranian man
made friends with me.

He was the most beautiful man I'd ever
seen. Every time I walked by him, my
eyes would just glom on his beauty.

After we became friends, I learned that
he wanted to be the official translator
of Iranian and Arabic poetry.

So he would send me poems he was
workng on for me to critique. That was
such a great experience, and I also
learned how their poetry works, which
is quite different from English.

It was some of the most beautiful poetry
I've ever read.

He then went on to get a PhD in comparative
religions and became a university professor.

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I remember visiting Iran back in the early '70's, the Iranian people were so friendly MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #1
That's so fantastic. ananda Yesterday #2
That is a fantastic story, MarineCombatEngineer 23 hrs ago #6
Kewl. Also... ananda 23 hrs ago #8
Here's the translation. ananda 23 hrs ago #10
War Crimes R Us. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #3
My god PatSeg Yesterday #4
From a safe distance of course MustLoveBeagles 23 hrs ago #5
Exactly PatSeg 23 hrs ago #7
They are the real terrorists malaise 23 hrs ago #9
Why? DET 23 hrs ago #11
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