Poetry
سرود هستی
Not translated into English
Muhammad Uthman Sedqi · 1963
Synopsis
Sorud-e hasti, the Song of Existence, a collection of Persian poems by Muhammad Uthman Sedqi, published in Kabul in 1963. It is the book that the Iranica associates with this poet, whom it places among the faithful followers of the old traditions of Dari, alongside Khalilullah Khalili and Abd-al-Rahman Pazhvak.
Context
Rawan Farhadi's overview distinguishes, in the last century, three Afghan currents: the followers of Bidel, the poets who return to the Persian classics, and the seekers of new forms. Sedqi is placed in the second current. The article attributes to him this one title only, with Kabul and 1343 of the solar calendar.
Who it is for
A book that has remained in Persian, never translated. The reader benefits from already being familiar with the great classics of the language.
Prizes and reception
No prizes. His 1963 book is the only one the encyclopaedia cites for him, with its date.