I am curious to know the name of an 'ancient' Persian poet and philosopher?

Question

i hope someone out there knows who i am talking about because i dont...i believe he lived and wrote approx 800 years ago and his work is incredibly vivid and inspiring. From what i can remember hearing in a recent documentary on Iranian culture and women, his works are spiritually and philosophically motivated.... any clues?

Answer 1

Lucretius
if not the web page below may help ... this answer is from the 4th page.

Farid o-Din Attar of Iran He is your man. http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/literature.php

Answer 2

As far as western European culture is concerned one of the best known poet philosophers of that time (there were very many) was Hakim Omar Khayyam. It may have been this individual whom was the subject mentioned in the documentary. If you could be more specific it would be helpful - his works inspired many Sufis to write as well. In the majority, I would suspect that you may find the translations of his works into english have not managed to capture his artful turn of phrase as it was in the original writings.

Answer 3

The Sufi poet, Rumi.

Answer 4

I think you might be referring to Nasir Khusraw, he was a very famous poet, philosopher and traveler of 11th century Iran.
Here's a link:
http://www.amaana.org/ISWEB/khusraw.htm

There is also a book about him by Alice Hunsberger, you can check it here:
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1850439265/702-5186678-2148807?v=glance&n=916520

Hope I got it right :)

Answer 5

omar khayyam
for threre is only one figure in the persian literature whose poems
have both philosophical &aesthetic values.
u may also name molana but his verse is a bit complicated.
(if u need more help i can guide u for i know persian.)

Answer 6

"The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."
~"Rubaiyat"~
by Omar Khayyám (1048 – 1123).

~the philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi ,

~Ibn Sina the Muslim philosopher who made him famous.

~Al-Ghazali the Muslim theologian who refuted him and Ibn Sina.

~Ibn Rushd, one of the Muslim philosophers that tried to return Islamic Philosophy to pure Aristotlianism.

~Ibn Taymiyah

~Rudaki

~Mansur Al-Hallaj

~Ibn Khafif

Answer 7

umar khayyam
or d writer of a 1001 nights.forgot his name.

Answer 8

wow, it sounds familiar.. hmm.. like a show i watched on pbs.. perhaps Rumi, he was popular around 1200 ad..

check out this site:
http://www.khamush.com/love_poems.html

Answer 9

Saadi or Sa'di

Answer 10

hafez
molana
saadi
khayyam