Loving the One: Anthology of Sufi & Folk Strophe Poems of Persia, Arabia & the Indian Sub-Continent

LOVING THE ONE Anthology of Sufi & Folk Strophe Poems of Persia, Arabia & the Indian Sub-Continent Translation & Introduction Paul Smith A Persian tarji-band consists of a series of strophes each containing a variable but equal, or nearly equal, number of couplets all in one rhyme... these stanzas being separated from each other by a series of isolated rhyming couplets that mark the end of each strophe. If the same couplet (or refrain) is repeated at the end of each band, or strophe, the po...