Lord, said David, since you do not need us,
why did you create these two worlds?

Reality replied: O prisoner of time,
I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity,
and I wished this treasure to be known,
so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart;
its darkened back, the world;

Barg-rizaan – Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987; alternative spellings: Khalilollah, Khalil Ullah) was Afghanistan’s foremost 20th century poet as well as a noted historian, university professor, diplomat and royal confidant. He was the last of the great classical Persian poets and among the first to introduce modern Persian poetry and Nimai style to Afghanistan…

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Wasef Bakhtari (Born 1942 in Balkh, Afghanistan) is a renowned Persian poet, literary figure and intellectual.

Wasef Bakhtari holds a BA degree in Persian from Kabul University. He did his graduate studies in the U.S. and received a masters degree in education from Columbia University in 1976.