Bakhtiari Verse

Here is a sample of some of the Bakhtiari verse that Lorimer collected and translated:

• I heard that a big camp put down (their) loads at Lushter
• Spring has come, the time of sheep-shearing
• Sitara with the velvet tresses : there are pearls on her neck
• I love my bobtailed grey as much as my brother
• O sister mine, for my dear sake cut from your head the plaits again
• She pulled up her trousers and struck into the Chulwar stream
• She pulled up her trousers and struck into the Chulwar stream
• O my Friend in the Hot Country, what do you wish me to bring you?
• The Ballad of Abdu Khalil