Sipandi Samarkandi


Mulla Abdulkarim Sipandi Samarqandi was a Tajik bilingual poet. He lived in Samarkand, in current-day Uzbekistan. His work consists of ghazal, qit'a, mukhammas, and ruba'i, which were written in the Tajik language. Samarkandi also wrote Hajvi kali Ibrahim.

Example of Sipandi's poetry

Ghazal of Sipand in Tajik language:
English translation: