Safflower Songs: Quatrains of Love, Wine, Life, and Liberty: In the Spirit of Omar Khayyam’s Persian Rubaiyat

Safflower Songs: Quatrains of Love, Wine, Life, and Liberty: In the Spirit of Omar Khayyam’s Persian Rubaiyat

Safflower Songs: Quatrains of Love, Wine, Life, and Liberty: In the Spirit of Omar Khayyam’s Persian Rubaiyat by Akbar Golrang Safflower Songs: A Journey Through Love, Wine, Life, and Liberty. In the golden hush between sunset and memory, Safflower Songs blooms—a collection of quatrains steeped in longing, laughter, and liberation. Akbar Golrang, in the spirit of Omar Khayyam’s Persian Rubaiyat, invites us into a world where wine becomes wisdom, love sparks rebellion, and freedom flows as the essence of life’s juice. Through surreal landscapes and intimate encounters, lovers and beloveds enter the gate to the land of desire. Each quatrain is a safflower seed—bright, bitter, and bold—planted in the soil of myth and modernity. Whether whispered beneath cypress trees or shouted into the wind, these verses offer a toast to the soul’s wild thirst. Raise your glass! The gate to love is ajar!