داستانهای ایرانی — Persian Stories
Stories That Shaped a Civilization
For 2,500 years, Persians told stories to make sense of the world — of love, loss, heroism, and the divine. I retell them for you.
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Rostam & Sohrab — The Father Who Didn’t Know His Son
This is the story that started everything for this website. Rostam, the greatest hero of Persia, fights a young warrior of extraordinary power. What neither knows — until it is too late — is that the warrior is Sohrab, Rostam’s own son.Ferdowsi wrote this tragedy 1,000 years ago. It still makes people cry. I know, because I watched my Italian partner cry when I told it to them one evening.In my retelling, I explain the story in English, share key passages in Persian, and explore what this myth tells us about Iranian culture — about fate, heroism, and the price of silence.
The opening lines of the Shahnameh — Ferdowsi’s invocation of wisdom, written over 1,000 years ago:
به نام خداوند جان و خرد — کزین برتر اندیشه برنگذرد — In the name of the Lord of soul and wisdom — Beyond whose thought no thought can ever soar.Shahnameh — Book of Kings
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The Story Collection
Each story includes Persian text, full English translation, cultural notes, and a vocabulary lesson.
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