It/pps was/bedz a/at fortunate/jj time/nn in/in which/wdt to/to build/vb ,/, for/cs the/at seventeenth/od century/nn was/bedz a/at great/jj period/nn in/in Persian/jj art/nn ./.
The/at architects/nns ,/, the/at tile/nn and/cc carpet/nn makers/nns ,/, the/at potters/nns ,/, painters/nns ,/, calligraphers/nns ,/, and/cc metalsmiths/nns worked/vbd through/in Abbas's/np$ reign/nn and/cc those/dts of/in his/pp$ successors/nns to/to enrich/vb the/at city/nn ./.
Travelers/nns entering/vbg from/in the/at desert/nn were/bed confounded/vbn by/in what/wdt must/md have/hv seemed/vbn an/at illusion/nn :/: a/at great/jj garden/nn filled/vbn with/in nightingales/nns and/cc roses/nns ,/, cut/vbn by/in canals/nns and/cc terraced/vbn promenades/nns ,/, studded/vbn with/in water/nn tanks/nns of/in turquoise/jj tile/nn in/in which/wdt were/bed reflected/vbn the/at glistening/vbg blue/jj curves/nns of/in a/at hundred/cd domes/nns ./.
At/in the/at heart/nn of/in all/abn of/in this/dt was/bedz the/at square/nn ,/, which/wdt one/cd such/jj traveler/nn declared/vbd to/to be/be ``/`` as/ql spacious/jj ,/, as/ql pleasant/jj and/cc aromatick/jj a/at Market/nn-tl as/cs any/dti in/in the/at Universe/nn-tl ''/'' ./.
In/in time/nn Isfahan/np came/vbd to/to be/be known/vbn as/cs ``/`` half/abn the/at world/nn ''/'' ,/, Isfahan/np nisf-i-jahan/fw-nn-nc ./.


	In/in the/at early/jj eighteenth/od century/nn this/dt fantastic/jj city/nn ,/, then/rb the/at size/nn of/in London/np ,/, started/vbd to/to decline/vb ./.
The/at Afghans/nps invaded/vbd ;/. ;/.
the/at Safavids/nps fell/vbd from/in power/nn ;/. ;/.
the/at capital/nn went/vbd elsewhere/rb ;/. ;/.
the/at desert/nn encroached/vbd ./.
Isfahan/np became/vbd more/ap of/in a/at legend/nn than/cs a/at place/nn ,/, and/cc now/rb it/pps is/bez for/in many/ap people/nns simply/rb a/at name/nn to/in which/wdt they/ppss attach/vb their/pp$ notions/nns of/in old/jj Persia/np and/cc sometimes/rb of/in the/at East/nr-tl ./.
They/ppss think/vb of/in it/ppo as/cs a/at kind/nn of/in spooky/jj museum/nn in/in which/wdt they/ppss may/md half/rb see/vb and/cc half/rb imagine/vb the/at old/jj splendor/nn ./.


	Those/dts who/wps actually/rb get/vb there/rb find/vb that/cs it/pps isn't/bez* spooky/jj at/in all/abn but/cc as/ql brilliant/jj as/cs a/at tile/nn in/in sunlight/nn ./.
But/cc even/rb for/in them/ppo it/pps remains/vbz a/at museum/nn ,/, or/cc perhaps/rb it/pps would/md be/be more/ql accurate/jj to/to say/vb a/at tomb/nn ,/, a/at tomb/nn in/in which/wdt Persia/np lies/vbz well/ql preserved/vbn but/cc indeed/rb dead/jj ./.
Everyone/pn is/bez ready/jj to/to grant/vb the/at Persians/nps their/pp$ history/nn ,/, but/cc almost/rb no/at one/pn is/bez willing/jj to/to acknowledge/vb their/pp$ present/nn ./.
It/pps seems/vbz that/cs for/in Persia/np ,/, and/cc especially/rb for/in this/dt city/nn ,/, there/ex are/ber only/rb two/cd times/nns :/: the/at glorious/jj past/in and/cc the/at corrupt/jj ,/, depressing/jj ,/, sterile/jj present/nn ./.
The/at one/cd apparent/jj connection/nn between/in the/at two/cd is/bez a/at score/nn of/in buildings/nns which/wdt somehow/rb or/cc other/ap have/hv survived/vbn and/cc which/wdt naturally/rb enough/qlp are/ber called/vbn ``/`` historical/jj monuments/nns ''/'' ./.


	However/rb ,/, just/rb as/cs all/abn the/at buildings/nns have/hv not/* fallen/vbn and/cc flowed/vbn back/rb to/in their/pp$ original/jj mud/nn ,/, so/rb the/at values/nns which/wdt wanted/vbd them/ppo and/cc saw/vbd that/cs they/ppss were/bed built/vbn have/hv not/* all/abn disappeared/vbn ./.
The/at values/nns and/cc talents/nns which/wdt made/vbd the/at tile/nn and/cc the/at dome/nn ,/, the/at rug/nn ,/, the/at poem/nn and/cc the/at miniature/nn ,/, continue/vb in/in certain/jj social/jj institutions/nns which/wdt rise/vb above/in the/at ordinary/jj life/nn of/in this/dt city/nn ,/, as/cs the/at great/jj buildings/nns rise/vb above/in blank/jj walls/nns and/cc dirty/jj lanes/nns ./.
Often/rb ,/, too/rb ,/, the/at social/jj institutions/nns are/ber housed/vbn in/in these/dts pavilions/nns and/cc palaces/nns and/cc bridges/nns ,/, for/in these/dts great/jj structures/nns are/ber not/* simply/rb ``/`` historical/jj monuments/nns ''/'' ;/. ;/.
they/ppss are/ber the/at places/nns where/wrb Persians/nps live/vb ./.


	The/at promenade/nn ,/, for/in example/nn ,/, continues/vbz to/to take/vb place/nn on/in the/at Chahar/np Bagh/np ,/, a/at mile-long/jj garden/nn of/in plane/nn and/cc poplar/nn trees/nns that/wps now/rb serves/vbz as/cs the/at city's/nn$ principal/jjs street/nn ./.
It/pps takes/vbz place/nn as/ql well/rb along/in the/at terraces/nns and/cc through/in the/at arcades/nns of/in the/at Khaju/np bridge/nn ,/, and/cc also/rb in/in the/at gardens/nns of/in the/at square/nn ./.
On/in Fridays/nrs ,/, the/at day/nn when/wrb many/ap Persians/nps relax/vb with/in poetry/nn ,/, talk/nn ,/, and/cc a/at samovar/nn ,/, people/nns do/do not/* ,/, it/pps is/bez true/jj ,/, stream/vb into/in Chehel/np Sotun/np --/-- a/at pavilion/nn and/cc garden/nn built/vbn by/in Shah/nn-tl Abbas/np 2/cd-tl ,/, in/in the/at seventeenth/od century/nn --/-- but/cc they/ppss do/do retire/vb into/in hundreds/nns of/in pavilions/nns throughout/in the/at city/nn and/cc up/in the/at river/nn valley/nn ,/, which/wdt are/ber smaller/jjr ,/, more/ql humble/jj copies/nns of/in the/at former/ap ./.
And/cc of/in course/nn religious/jj life/nn continues/vbz to/to center/vb in/in the/at more/ql famous/jj mosques/nns ,/, and/cc commercial/jj life/nn --/-- very/ql much/rb a/at social/jj institution/nn --/-- in/in the/at bazaar/nn ./.
Those/dts three/cd other/ap great/jj activities/nns of/in the/at Persians/nps ,/, the/at bath/nn ,/, the/at teahouse/nn ,/, and/cc the/at zur/fw-nn khaneh/fw-nn (/( the/at latter/ap a/at kind/nn of/in club/nn in/in which/wdt a/at leader/nn and/cc a/at group/nn of/in men/nns in/in an/at octagonal/jj pit/nn move/vb through/in a/at rite/nn of/in calisthenics/nns ,/, dance/nn ,/, chanted/vbn poetry/nn ,/, and/cc music/nn )/) ,/, do/do not/* take/vb place/nn in/in buildings/nns to/in which/wdt entrance/nn tickets/nns are/ber sold/vbn ,/, but/cc some/dti of/in them/ppo occupy/vb splendid/jj examples/nns of/in Persian/jj domestic/jj architecture/nn :/: long/jj ,/, domed/vbn ,/, chalk-white/jj rooms/nns with/in daises/nns of/in turquoise/nn tile/nn ,/, their/pp$ end/nn walls/nns cut/vbn through/rp to/in the/at orchards/nns and/cc the/at sky/nn by/in open/jj arches/nns ./.


	But/cc more/ql important/jj ,/, and/cc the/at thing/nn which/wdt the/at casual/jj traveler/nn and/cc the/at blind/jj sojourner/nn often/rb do/do not/* see/vb ,/, is/bez that/cs these/dts places/nns and/cc activities/nns are/ber often/rb the/at settings/nns in/in which/wdt Persians/nps exercise/vb their/pp$ extraordinary/jj aesthetic/jj sensibilities/nns ./.
Water/nn ,/, air/nn ,/, fruit/nn ,/, poetry/nn ,/, music/nn ,/, the/at human/jj form/nn --/-- these/dts things/nns are/ber important/jj to/in Persians/nps ,/, and/cc they/ppss experience/vb them/ppo with/in an/at intense/jj and/cc discriminating/vbg awareness/nn ./.


	I/ppss should/md like/vb ,/, by/in the/at way/nn ,/, to/to make/vb it/ppo clear/jj that/cs I/ppss am/bem not/* using/vbg the/at word/nn ``/`` Persians/nps ''/'' carelessly/rb ./.
I/ppss don't/do* mean/vb a/at few/ap aesthetes/nns who/wps play/vb about/rb with/in sensations/nns ,/, like/cs a/at young/jj prince/nn in/in a/at miniature/nn dabbling/vbg his/pp$ hand/nn in/in a/at pool/nn ./.
These/dts things/nns are/ber important/jj to/in almost/ql all/abn Persians/nps and/cc perhaps/rb most/ql important/jj to/in the/at most/ql ordinary/jj ./.
The/at men/nns crying/vbg love/nn poems/nns in/in an/at orchard/nn on/in any/dti summer's/nn$ night/nn are/ber as/ql often/rb as/cs not/* the/at lutihaw/fw-nns ,/, mustachioed/jj toughs/nns who/wps spend/vb most/ap of/in their/pp$ lives/nns in/in and/cc out/in of/in the/at local/jj prisons/nns ,/, brothels/nns ,/, and/cc teahouses/nns ./.
A/at few/ap months/nns ago/rb it/pps was/bedz a/at fairly/ql typical/jj landlord/nn who/wps in/in the/at dead/jj of/in night/nn lugged/vbd me/ppo up/in a/at mountainside/nn to/to drink/vb from/in a/at spring/nn famous/jj in/in the/at neighborhood/nn for/in its/pp$ clarity/nn and/cc flavor/nn ./.
Not/* long/rb ago/rb an/at acquaintance/nn ,/, a/at slick-headed/jj water/nn rat/nn of/in a/at lad/nn up/rp from/in the/at maw/nn of/in the/at city/nn ,/, stood/vbd on/in the/at balcony/nn puffing/vbg his/pp$ first/od cigarette/nn in/in weeks/nns ./.
The/at air/nn ,/, he/pps said/vbd ,/, was/bedz just/ql right/jj ;/. ;/.
a/at cigarette/nn would/md taste/vb particularly/ql good/jj ./.
I/ppss really/rb didn't/dod* know/vb what/wdt he/pps meant/vbd ./.
It/pps was/bedz a/at nice/jj day/nn ,/, granted/vbn ./.
But/cc he/pps knew/vbd ;/. ;/.
he/pps sniffed/vbd the/at air/nn and/cc licked/vbd it/ppo on/in his/pp$ lip/nn and/cc knew/vbd as/cs a/at vintner/nn knows/vbz a/at vintage/nn ./.


	The/at natural/jj world/nn then/rb ,/, plus/cc poetry/nn and/cc some/dti kinds/nns of/in art/nn ,/, receives/vbz from/in the/at most/ql ordinary/jj of/in Persians/nps a/at great/jj deal/nn of/in attention/nn ./.
The/at line/nn of/in an/at eyebrow/nn ,/, the/at color/nn of/in the/at skin/nn ,/, a/at ghazal/fw-nn from/in Hafiz/np ,/, the/at purity/nn of/in spring/nn water/nn ,/, the/at long/jj afternoon/nn among/in the/at boughs/nns which/wdt crowd/vb the/at upper/jj story/nn of/in a/at pavilion/nn --/-- these/dts things/nns are/ber noticed/vbn ,/, judged/vbn ,/, and/cc valued/vbn ./.


	Nowhere/rb in/in Isfahan/np is/bez this/dt rich/jj aesthetic/jj life/nn of/in the/at Persians/nps shown/vbn so/cs well/rb as/cs during/in the/at promenade/nn at/in the/at Khaju/np bridge/nn ./.
There/ex has/hvz probably/rb always/rb been/ben a/at bridge/nn of/in some/dti sort/nn at/in the/at southeastern/jj corner/nn of/in the/at city/nn ./.
For/in one/cd thing/nn ,/, there/ex is/bez a/at natural/jj belt/nn of/in rock/nn across/in the/at river/nn bed/nn ;/. ;/.
for/in another/dt ,/, it/pps was/bedz here/rb that/cs one/cd of/in the/at old/jj caravan/nn routes/nns came/vbd in/rp ./.
It/pps was/bedz to/to provide/vb a/at safe/jj and/cc spacious/jj crossing/nn for/in these/dts caravans/nns ,/, and/cc also/rb to/to make/vb a/at pleasance/nn for/in the/at city/nn ,/, that/wpo Shah/nn-tl Abbas/np 2/cd-tl ,/, in/in about/rb 1657/cd built/vbd ,/, of/in sun-baked/jj brick/nn ,/, tile/nn ,/, and/cc stone/nn ,/, the/at present/jj bridge/nn ./.
It/pps is/bez a/at splendid/jj structure/nn ./.
From/in upstream/rb it/pps looks/vbz like/cs a/at long/jj arcaded/jj box/nn laid/vbn across/in the/at river/nn ;/. ;/.
from/in downstream/rb ,/, where/wrb the/at water/nn level/nn is/bez much/ql lower/jjr ,/, it/pps is/bez a/at high/jj ,/, elaborately/ql facaded/jj pavilion/nn ./.


	The/at top/jjs story/nn contains/vbz more/ap than/in thirty/cd alcoves/nns separated/vbn from/in each/dt other/ap by/in spandrels/nns of/in blue/jj and/cc yellow/jj tile/nn ./.
At/in either/dtx end/nn and/cc in/in the/at center/nn there/ex are/ber bays/nns which/wdt contain/vb nine/cd greater/jjr alcoves/nns as/ql frescoed/vbn and/cc capacious/jj as/cs church/nn apses/nns ./.
Here/rb ,/, in/in the/at old/jj days/nns --/-- when/wrb they/ppss had/hvd come/vbn to/to see/vb the/at moon/nn or/cc displays/nns of/in fireworks/nns --/-- sat/vbd the/at king/nn and/cc his/pp$ court/nn while/cs priests/nns ,/, soldiers/nns ,/, and/cc other/ap members/nns of/in the/at party/nn lounged/vbd in/in the/at smaller/jjr alcoves/nns between/in ./.


	Below/rb ,/, twenty/cd vaults/nns tunnel/vb through/in the/at understructure/nn of/in the/at bridge/nn ./.
These/dts are/ber traversed/vbn by/in another/dt line/nn of/in vaults/nns ,/, and/cc thus/rb rooms/nns ,/, arched/vbn on/in all/abn four/cd sides/nns ,/, are/ber formed/vbn ./.
Down/rp through/in the/at axis/nn of/in the/at bridge/nn there/ex is/bez a/at long/jj diminishing/vbg vista/nn like/cs a/at visual/jj echo/nn of/in piers/nns and/cc arches/nns ,/, while/cs the/at vaults/nns fronting/vbg upstream/rb and/cc down/rp frame/vb the/at sunset/nn and/cc sunrise/nn ,/, the/at mountains/nns and/cc river/nn pools/nns ./.
Here/rb ,/, on/in the/at hottest/jjt day/nn ,/, it/pps is/bez cool/jj beneath/in the/at stone/nn and/cc fresh/jj from/in the/at water/nn flowing/vbg in/in the/at sluices/nns at/in the/at bottom/nn of/in the/at vaults/nns ./.


	On/in the/at downstream/jj ,/, or/cc ``/`` pavilion/nn ''/'' ,/, side/nn these/dts vaults/nns give/vb out/rp onto/in terraces/nns twice/rb as/ql wide/jj as/cs the/at bridge/nn itself/ppl ./.
From/in the/at terraces/nns --/-- eighteen/cd in/in all/abn --/-- broad/jj flights/nns of/in steps/nns descend/vb into/in the/at water/nn or/cc onto/in still/ql more/ap terraces/nns barely/ql above/in the/at level/nn of/in the/at river/nn ./.
Out/in of/in water/nn ,/, brick/nn ,/, and/cc tile/nn they/ppss have/hv made/vbn far/ql more/ap than/cs just/rb a/at bridge/nn ./.


	On/in spring/nn and/cc summer/nn evenings/nns people/nns leave/vb their/pp$ shops/nns and/cc houses/nns and/cc walk/vb up/rp through/in the/at lanes/nns of/in the/at city/nn to/in the/at bridge/nn ./.
It/pps is/bez a/at great/jj spectacle/nn ./.
The/at bridge/nn itself/ppl rises/vbz up/rp from/in the/at river/nn ,/, light-flared/jj and/cc enormous/jj ,/, like/cs the/at outdoor/jj set/nn for/in an/at epic/jj opera/nn ./.
Crowds/nns press/vb along/in the/at terraces/nns ,/, down/in the/at steps/nns ,/, in/in and/cc out/in of/in the/at arcades/nns ,/, massing/vbg against/in it/ppo as/cs though/cs it/pps were/bed a/at fortress/nn under/in siege/nn ./.
All/abn kinds/nns come/vb to/to walk/vb in/in the/at promenade/nn :/: merchants/nns from/in the/at bazaar/nn bickering/vbg over/in a/at deal/nn ;/. ;/.
a/at Bakhtiari/np khan/nn in/in a/at cap/nn and/cc hacking/vbg jacket/nn ;/. ;/.
dervishes/nns who/wps stand/vb with/in the/at stillness/nn of/in the/at blind/jj ,/, their/pp$ eyes/nns filmed/vbn with/in rheum/nn and/cc visions/nns ;/. ;/.
the/at old/jj Kajar/np princes/nns arriving/vbg in/in their/pp$ ancient/jj limousines/nns ;/. ;/.
students/nns ,/, civil/jj servants/nns ,/, beggars/nns ,/, musicians/nns ,/, hawkers/nns ,/, and/cc clowns/nns ./.
Families/nns go/vb out/rp to/in the/at edge/nn of/in the/at terraces/nns to/to sit/vb on/in carpets/nns around/in a/at samovar/nn ./.
Below/rb ,/, people/nns line/vb the/at steps/nns ,/, as/cs though/cs on/in bleachers/nns ,/, to/to watch/vb the/at sky/nn and/cc river/nn ./.
Above/rb ,/, in/in the/at tiled/vbn prosceniums/nns of/in the/at alcoves/nns ,/, boys/nns sing/vb the/at ghazals/fw-nns of/in Hafiz/np and/cc Saadi/np ,/, while/cs at/in the/at very/ap bottom/nn ,/, in/in the/at vaults/nns ,/, the/at toughs/nns and/cc blades/nns of/in the/at city/nn hoot/vb and/cc bang/vb their/pp$ drums/nns ,/, drink/vb arak/nn ,/, play/vb dice/nns ,/, and/cc dance/vb ./.


	Here/rb in/in an/at evening/nn Persians/nps enjoy/vb many/ap of/in the/at things/nns which/wdt are/ber important/jj to/in them/ppo :/: poetry/nn ,/, water/nn ,/, the/at moon/nn ,/, a/at beautiful/jj face/nn ./.
To/in a/at stranger/nn their/pp$ delight/nn in/in these/dts things/nns may/md seem/vb paradoxical/jj ,/, for/cs Persians/nps chase/vb the/at golden/jj calf/nn as/ql much/ap as/cs any/dti people/nns ./.
Many/ap of/in them/ppo ,/, moreover/rb ,/, are/ber beginning/vbg to/to complain/vb about/in the/at scarcity/nn of/in Western/jj-tl amusements/nns and/cc to/to ridicule/vb the/at old/jj life/nn of/in the/at bazaar/nn merchant/nn ,/, the/at mullah/nn ,/, and/cc the/at peasant/nn ./.
Nonetheless/rb ,/, they/ppss take/nn time/nn out/rp --/-- much/ap time/nn --/-- from/in the/at game/nn of/in grab/nn and/cc these/dts new/jj Western/jj-tl experiments/nns to/to go/vb to/in the/at gardens/nns and/cc riverbanks/nns ./.
Above/in all/abn ,/, they/ppss will/md stop/vb in/in the/at middle/nn of/in anything/pn ,/, anywhere/rb ,/, to/to hear/vb or/cc quote/vb some/dti poetry/nn ./.


	Poetry/nn in/in Persian/jj life/nn is/bez far/ql more/ap than/cs a/at common/jj ground/nn on/in which/wdt --/-- in/in a/at society/nn deeply/rb fissured/vbn by/in antagonisms/nns --/-- all/abn may/md stand/vb ./.
It/pps contains/vbz ,/, in/in fact/nn ,/, their/pp$ whole/jj outlook/nn on/in life/nn ./.
And/cc it/pps is/bez expressed/vbn ,/, at/in least/ap to/in their/pp$ taste/nn ,/, in/in a/at perfect/jj form/nn ./.
Poetry/nn for/in a/at Persian/np is/bez nothing/pn less/ap than/cs truth/nn and/cc beauty/nn ./.
In/in most/ap Western/jj-tl cultures/nns today/nr these/dts twins/nns have/hv been/ben sent/vbn away/rb to/in the/at libraries/nns and/cc museums/nns ./.
In/in Persia/np ,/, where/wrb practically/rb speaking/vbg there/ex are/ber no/at museums/nns or/cc libraries/nns or/cc ,/, for/in that/dt matter/nn ,/, hardly/rb any/dti books/nns ,/, the/at twins/nns run/vb free/jj ./.


	It/pps is/bez perhaps/rb difficult/jj to/to conceive/vb ,/, but/cc imagine/vb that/cs tonight/nr on/in London/np bridge/nn the/at Teddy/np boys/nns of/in the/at East/jj-tl End/nn-tl will/md gather/vb to/to sing/vb Marlowe/np ,/, Herrick/np ,/, Shakespeare/np ,/, and/cc perhaps/rb some/dti lyrics/nns of/in their/pp$ own/jj ./.
That/cs ,/, at/in any/dti rate/nn ,/, is/bez what/wdt happens/vbz at/in the/at Khaju/np bridge/nn ./.
Boys/nns and/cc men/nns go/vb along/in the/at riverbank/nn or/cc to/in the/at alcoves/nns in/in the/at top/jjs arcade/nn ./.
Here/rb in/in these/dts little/ap rooms/nns --/-- or/cc stages/nns arched/vbn open/jj to/in the/at sky/nn and/cc river/nn --/-- they/ppss choose/vb a/at few/ap lines/nns out/in of/in the/at hundreds/nns they/ppss may/md know/vb and/cc sing/vb them/ppo according/in to/in one/cd of/in the/at modes/nns into/in which/wdt Persian/jj music/nn is/bez divided/vbn ./.
Each/dt mode/nn is/bez believed/vbn to/to have/hv a/at specific/jj attribute/nn --/-- one/cd inducing/vbg pleasure/nn ,/, another/dt generosity/nn ,/, another/dt love/nn ,/, and/cc so/rb on/rp ,/, to/to include/vb all/abn of/in the/at emotions/nns ./.
The/at singer/nn simply/rb matches/vbz the/at poem/nn to/in a/at mode/nn ;/. ;/.
for/in example/nn ,/, the/at mode/nn of/in bravery/nn to/in this/dt anonymous/jj folk/nn poem/nn :/: ``/`` They/ppss brought/vbd me/ppo news/nn that/cs Spring/nn-tl is/bez in/in the/at plains/nns And/cc Ahmad's/np$ blood/nn the/at crimson/jj tulip/nn stains/vbz ;/. ;/.
Go/vb ,/, tell/vb his/pp$ aged/vbn mother/nn that/cs her/pp$ son/nn Fought/vbd with/in a/at thousand/cd foes/nns ,/, and/cc he/pps was/bedz one/cd ''/'' ./.
Or/cc the/at mode/nn of/in love/nn to/in this/dt fragment/nn by/in a/at recent/jj poet/nn :/: ``/`` Know/vb ye/ppss ,/, fair/jj folk/nn who/wps dwell/vb on/in earth/nn Or/cc shall/md hereafter/rb come/vb to/in birth/nn ,/, That/dt here/rb ,/, with/in dust/nn upon/in his/pp$ eyes/nns ,/, Iraj/np ,/, the/at sweet-tongued/jj singer/nn ,/, lies/vbz ./.
In/in this/dt true/jj lover's/nn$ tomb/nn interred/vbn A/at world/nn of/in love/nn lies/vbz sepulchred/vbn ./.
''/'' 

	These/dts songs/nns (/( practically/ql all/abn Persian/jj music/nn ,/, for/in that/dt matter/nn )/) are/ber limited/vbn to/in a/at range/nn of/in two/cd octaves/nns ./.
Yet/cc within/in this/dt limitation/nn there/ex is/bez an/at astonishing/jj variety/nn :/: design/nn as/ql intricate/jj as/cs that/dt in/in the/at carpet/nn or/cc miniature/nn ,/, with/in the/at melodic/jj line/nn like/cs the/at painted/vbn or/cc woven/vbn line/nn often/rb flowing/vbg into/in an/at arabesque/nn ./.