He should be noted as the most popular figure of Iranian modern poetry compared to his contemporary poets.
His literary style is simple and without pretension and verses are written in a way very close to spoken language. Some of
his poems have either meter or a mild melody while some others have no meter and no rhyme. However his most popular poems
belong to the former category.
A selection of such poems has been sung by Iranian celebrated musician Shahram Nazeri in
an al bum called “Dar Golestaneh”. His poems have also been featured in
a few Iranian movies.
In his poems he talks about the relationship between nature
and human spirit and turns around the general idea of re-discovering and returning
to the roots (nature) and appreciating its beauty and serenity instead of giving in to the down-ward spiral of modern life’s
preoccupations. He died in Tehran of leukemia at the age
of 51.
This website contains my rendition of a selection
of his poetry including the English version
of The Footsteps of Water which is a long poem first published as a separate work. Note that the illustrations, with some obvious exceptions, are selected from Sohrab's paintings.
