Winter (poem)

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Winter (Persian : زمستان) is the title of the most famous poem by Mehdi Akhavan Sales (1928–1990), the contemporary Iranian poet, which was published in 1956. It was composed in Persian and has been translated into some other languages. The poem has two layers: on the surface, the speaker is describing the chilly season, but more profoundly he is depicting the despair originating from political suppression in Iran; especially after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

Contents

Musical Adaptation

The poem was performed by Mohammad Reza Shajarian in a concert in California in 2000. The music of the song was composed by Hossein Alizadeh. The recorded concert was published as an album the following year in Iran. The album was titled It's Winter echoing the last line of the poem. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad-Reza Shajarian</span> Iranian singer and musician (1940–2020)

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style. His main teachers were Ahmad Ebadi, Esmaeil Mehrtash, Abdollah Davami, and Nour-Ali Boroumand. He also learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Fariborz Manouchehri, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar, and Taj Isfahani. He has cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz as highly influential to his development, indicating that he has often tried to mimic Shahnaz's playing style in his singing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hossein Alizadeh</span> Musical artist

Hossein Alizadeh is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan, as well as with a number of orchestras and ensembles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hushang Ebtehaj</span> Iranian poet (1928–2022)

Amir Hushang Ebtehaj, also known by his pen name H. E. Sayeh, was an Iranian poet of the 20th century, whose life and work spans many of Iran's political, cultural and literary upheavals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mehdi Akhavan-Sales</span> Iranian poet

Mehdi Akhavān-Sāles, or Akhavān-Sāless, pen name Mim. Omid was a prominent Iranian poet. He is one of the pioneers of Free Verse in the Persian language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homayoun Shajarian</span> Iranian singer and musician

Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian is an Iranian singer. Homayoun is the son of Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, He learned singing from his father and started his musical career in the 1990s..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Majid Derakhshani</span> Iranian musician and composer

Majid Derakhshani is an Iranian musician and composer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alireza Ghorbani</span> Musical artist

Alireza Ghorbani is an Iranian traditional vocalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad-Reza Lotfi</span> Iranian musician; tar and setar player

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, Shahram Nazeri and Alireza Shahmohammadi.

The Sorahi is a new Iranian musical instrument. A member of the family of bowed string instruments developed by the Iranian musician M. R. Shajarian, This string instrument can cover the sound range produced by soprano, alto, bass and contra bass instruments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reza Ghassemi</span> Iranian novelist and musician (born 1949)

Reza Ghassemi is an Iranian novelist and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hossein Monzavi</span>

Hossein Monzavi was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sohrab Pournazeri</span> Iranian musician and composer

Sohrab Pournazeri is an Iranian musician and composer. He plays Kamancheh and Tanbour.

Morqe Sahar is an Iranian tasnif often sung in protest of injustices, dictatorship and tyranny in Iran. Often regarded as the "anthem" of struggles for freedom in Iran, the tasnif was written by Mohammad-Taqi Bahar and composed by Morteza Neidavoud in the early 20th century under the wake of Iranian constitutional revolution. The song's lyrics centre on the metaphor of the bird of dawning or morning that initiates a lament. As the song progresses, it appeals to the caged bird to sing and break free, symbolising the termination of a period of oppression ("night") and the commencement of liberation ("day").

<i>Love-stricken</i> 1992 Iranian film

Love-stricken is a 1992 Iranian historical drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The movie is mainly about some Iranian classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France. The film uses many notable Iranian actors and actresses. Among them are: Amin Tarokh, Akbar Abdi, Saeed Poursamimi, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Hashempour, Hamid Jebelli, Fathali Oveisi, Shahla Riahi, Leili Rashidi, Leila Hatami, and Anna Borkowska.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mahyar Alizadeh</span> Musical artist

Mahyar Alizadeh is an Iranian musician, composer, singer and Taar player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tahmoures Pournazeri</span> Iranian musical artist

Tahmoures Pournazeri is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist and Iranian traditional musician. He is a member of Shamss Ensemble since 1989, along with his father Kaykhosro Pournazeri and his brother Sohrab pournazeri.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Masters of Persian Music</span> Iranian well-known music artists

Masters of Persian Music is a Persian classical music ensemble founded in 2000 by four internationally recognized ustāds (masters) of the genre: vocalist Mohammad-Reza Shajarian; composer-musicians Hossein Alizâdeh and Kayhan Kalhor; and Mr. Shajarian's son, multi-instrumentalist singer Homayoun Shajarian.

<i>Kalat Claimed</i> Play by Bahram Beyzai

Kalāt Claimed is a play by Bahram Beyzai, written in 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pouya Saraei</span> Iranian composer and musician

Pouya Saraei is an Iranian composer, arranger, conductor, lecturer, music critic, researcher, and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mojgan Shajarian</span> Musical artist

Mojgan Shajarian is an Iranian painter, graphic designer, vocalist, and setar player. She is the daughter of musician Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and sister of Iranian singer Homayoun Shajarian.

References

  1. fa:زمستان است, Wikipedia's page in Persian on Shajarian's album It's Winter