Sohrab Sepehri

Sohrab Sepehri (October 7, 1928 – April 21, 1980) was an Iranian poet.

Quotes

 * By contemplation I swear, By the beginning of speech, By the flight of a dove from the mind. A word is in the cage
 * From We Are Nothing But a Gaze (Ma Heech, Ma Negah); cited in: Bahiyeh Afnan Shahid (2013) Sohrab Sepehri: A Selection of Poems from the Eight, p. 16.