[honeyandelixir]

حُسنت به اتفاقِ ملاحت، جهان گرفت

Your beauty coalescing with elegance, conquered the world

Hafez

[petaltexturedskies]

Mary Oliver, from "Poem" in Dream Work: Poems

[nizariat]

With seven pillows filled with light cloud, wait for her

بسبعِ وسائدَ مَحْشُوَّةٍ بالسحابِ الخفيفِ اُنتظرها

With womanly incense filling the place, wait for her

بنار البَخُور النسائيِّ ملءَ المكانِ اُنتظرها

With manly sandalwood scent about the backs of horses, wait for her

برائحة الصَنْدَلِ الذَكَريَّةِ حول ظُهُور الخيولِ اُنتظرها ,

And don't lose patience, if she comes late, wait for her

ولا تتعجَّلْ , فإن أقبلَتْ بعد موعدها فانتظرها,

And if she comes too early, wait for her

وإن أقبلتْ قبل موعدها فانتظرها ,

Don't scare the birds sat on her braids, and wait for her

ولا تُجْفِل الطيرَ فوق جدائلها وانتظرها ,

So she can sit comfortably, like a garden in its beauty's pinnacle, and wait for her

لتجلس مرتاحةً كالحديقة في أَوْج زِينَتها وانتظرها ,

So she can breathe in this air, stranger to her heart, and wait for her

لكي تتنفَّسَ هذا الهواء الغريبَ على قلبها وانتظرها ,

Mahmoud Darwish, "A Lesson from Kamasutra"

[lifeinpoetry]

To you the beautiful To you who rise glowingly To you who still remain When I cannot send my regards what can I do

— Kim Hyesoon, from "That Place 5," The Hell of That Star, tr. Cindy Juyoung Ok

[romancegifs]

PRINCESS MONONOKE • もののけ姫 1997 — dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[doitlikeachic]

Lunch in Tajikistan.

[honeyandelixir]

In the stillness of the night, the home laments, but you could not hear

My heart fell to its knees,

I prayed, after you, I no longer want to know..

My beloved, I am estranged without you...

[honeyandelixir]

اندر این کوچه ی تاریک دلم روزنی هست که در آن نقش تو را می بینم

Inside this dark alley that is my heart

A tiny window exists

Through which,

I get a glimpse of your silhouette...

خسرو نکونام

[honeyandelixir]

[my-love-my-soul-deactivated2026]

"Abou Salim shop" in Tripoli, Lebanon, as captured in April 2026. 

[smsomah]

From the book Cut these words into my stone: ancient Greek epitaphs (Wolfe, Michael)

[kmnysak]

[tinyuglyworld]

Palestinians harvesting olives in Gaza, Palestine

Photographed by Majdi Fathi, Sept. 30 2023

[lunamonchtuna]

— Nizar Qabbani, ‘Light Is More Important Than The Lantern’, (tr by B. Frangieh And C. Brown) (via lunamonchtuna)

[slipng]

Hyacinth — symbol of sincerity, sorrow, and renewal. In mythology, it represented tragic love and remembrance but today represents emotional healing.

[weepingwidar]

Sliman Mansour (Palestinian, 1947) - Wild Galilee Tulip (2020)

[honeyandelixir]

Happy CharshanbeSoori! 

It is celebrated on the last Wednesday Eve before the new year (Nowruz) by jumping over fire and chanting “Zardiyeh man az to, sorkhiyeh to az man” which literally translates to “take my yellow sickly pallor and your red fiery color is mine” this means: take away any sickness and problems of last year & bring me enlightenment and happiness in the new year!