An exploration and selection of the poetry of one of Persia's most influential poets.From The Houri and the Poet From the spark I seek star, from the star a sun: For if I stop, I die When I get up, having quaffed A cup of wine brewed by one spring breeze, Longing for yet another spring. I seek the end of that which hs no end—With a restless eye, with a hopeful heart. The lover's heart dies in an eternal heaven—I it no cry of a soul in affliction no sorrow, and no one to drive away sorrow