Sun Rise, Sun Set Collection

Sun rise, sun set I

26" x 42", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Saadi: 

I pledged a thousand times to shun love's embrace, 

but every moment, the vision of your face appears before me.

هزار عهد بکردم که گرد عشق نگردم   همی برابرم آید خیال روی تو هر دم

Sun rise, sun set II

24" x 47", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Saadi: 

You leave, and my heart yearns for you, but it's of no avail since you don't even glance my way.

تو می‌روی و مرا چشم و دل به جانب توست    ولی چه سود که جانب نگه نمی‌داری

Sun rise, sun set III

27" x 50", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Saadi: 

Dread of losing fills me in this pointless game; What can I do? You've triumphed by deceit's claim.

بیم مات است در این بازی بیهوده مرا     چه کنم دست تو بردی که دغل باخته‌ای

Sun rise, sun set IV

24" x 49", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Saadi: 

A true lover’s nights and days intertwine;

If slumber claims you, love’s depths you’ll never find.

نشان عاشق آن باشد که شب با روز پیوندد     تو را گر خواب می‌گیرد نه صاحب درد عشاقی

Sun rise, sun set V

26" x 50", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Hafez: 

Love's sorrow is but a tale, yet it's strange

That every tongue recounts it in a different range.

یک قِصّه بیش نیست غمِ عشق، وین عجب     کز هر زبان که می‌شنوم، نامُکَرَّر است

Sun rise, sun set VI

26" x 50", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Hafez: 

Love's sorrow is but a tale, yet it's strange

That every tongue recounts it in a different range.

یک قِصّه بیش نیست غمِ عشق، وین عجب     کز هر زبان که می‌شنوم، نامُکَرَّر است

Sun rise, sun set VII

26" x 43", Acrylics and ink on canvas

$4,500 

Based on a poem by Hafez: 

My being is a pen guided by your hand,

I'll orbit you, if you command.

وجود من چو قلم سر نهاده بر خط توست    بگردم ار به سرم همچنان بگردانی