Poetry Translation Workshop 2: Session on Kelki

 

After the long summer sloth within our academic calendar, the Department of English Language and Literature of Shahib Beheshti University will revive with a session on the poetry of Bijan Kelki – the second of THRESHOLD Poetry Translation Workshop.

The session includes:

- An introduction to the poetry and style of Bijan Kelki by Mohammad Tolouei

- A survey of the select translations of one of Bijan Kelki’s poems (SEE  Poetry Translation Challenge 2) by a jury of SBU students under the supervision of Dr Soheil.

- Decision upon the next issue challenge.

The session will be held public and all students, translators, and scholars are welcome. But it is highly recommended that you subscribe to the meeting by sending us an email titled WORKSHOP SUBSCRIBE including your name and phone number for further access. (E-mail: THRESHOLD[at]INBOX[dot]COM

The Time and Date of the session will be annouced later.

 

Peotry Translation Challenge 2

 

Poetry Translation Workshop tends to work on the translation of a poem by the deceased poet, Bijan Kelki, for the next issue of Threshold Quarterly. In case you are interested, please send your translations of the poem either to Threshold@inbox.com, FarzanehDoosti@gmail.com (subject: Poetry Translation Challenge No. 2) or to the Department of English Language and Literature at Shaihd Beheshti University by Tir 7, 1387 (27 June, 2008).  The deadline will not be extended.

The translations will be analysed in an open discussion session the date of which will be further announced.

                        

 

آ بود اول اسم تو

تو ناز ِ طاقه‌ي ابريشم

من راز تك‌تكه‌ي باران

تو زلفك سبز بيد

من لرزش ِ برگانت

از من صبورتر

تو نخواهي يافت

با تو هزار سال بماند

از من غريب‌تر

تو نخواهي ديد

در اين ديار لاله و بيجاده

صدسال آزگار

به چنين حالي

در انتظار اسم جليل تو

پايان عمر

عاشقانه بخواند

از من نجيب‌تر

تو نخواهي ديد

در هيچ متن كتابي هم

هر روز

براي آي اول اسم تو

شب تب كند

صبح بميرد.

 

THRESHOLD 2/3 published

The new volume of Threshold, numbers 2 & 3 was finally published. Within this 194-page journal you can read various topics and interesting subjects, such as specific essays on three different branches of English Language and Literature – namely, Teaching EFL, Literature, and Translation Studies – together with interviews, news, profiles, poetry and poetry translation challenge, book and film reviews, caricature, etc.

You can get the journal from

Department of English Language and Literature,

Faculty of Letters and Humanities,

Shahid Beheshti University,

Evin,

Tehran.

Email us at THRESHOLD[at]INBOX[DOT]COM

Hello world!

Welcome Everybody

Threshold Quarterly is the journal of the Department of English Language and Literature at Shahid Beheshti University which deals specifically with three main branches of this field in Iran, namely:

English Language and Literature

Translation Studies

& Teaching English as Foreign Language

The first volume of Threshold was published last summer the content of which is now free to download. We are now busy publishing the numbers 2 and 3 for the Summer and Fall 2007.

The Editorial manager of the quarterly is Dr Amir Ali Nojoumian, and the current Editor-in chief, Mehdi Mashayekhi.

Threshold welcomes any contribution from those interested.

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