With the Caravan of Spears

This book is an Ashura composition titled “With the Caravan of Spears,” composed by Alireza Ghazveh, a religious and revolutionary poet, in fourteen stanzas. The book concludes with an introduction by Ali Moallem Damghani, deeming it a ceremonial poetry of our time, and a critique by Abdoljabbar Kakaei examining the composition. The first stanza begins with the verse: “I come from a path where dangers are lost/ From a seven-stage journey where travels are lost/ I have gathered from amidst fire and blood/ Pages of a Maqtal where news is lost.” The second stanza refers to the heartbreaking tragedy of Ashura, the third converses with the Euphrates, the fourth involves a dialogue between Imam Hussein (AS) and Imam Ali (AS), the fifth speaks of the Khizr, the sixth describes the prayer of love, the seventh describes the day of Ashura, the eighth is about the Imam (AS), the ninth remembers the standard-bearer of Karbala, the tenth describes what happened in Karbala, the eleventh speaks of the pure heads, the twelfth is about the pit of the killing field filled with the scent of apples, the thirteenth sees the caravan heading to Sham, and the fourteenth follows with the caravan of spears: “In the first station I faint at your state.” Ali Moallem says of Ghazveh’s Ashura composition: “In any case, this domain belongs to the mighty men and heroes of thought. Those who pour out from their souls and hearts. If we slack, the domain will fall to the unworthy. If artists do not do this, the common people and superficial eulogists will make changes, which we have witnessed in recent years, and there is hope in the likes of Alireza Ghazveh and other dear poets of our time to fulfill this important role.” Abdoljabbar Kakaei writes: “Despite all this, Alireza Ghazveh’s composition, thanks to its precise language, intelligent expressions, and the new atmosphere of Islamic and Shiite thought, is one of the brightest Ashura epics of our era. Leave the ruby and sapphire to scribes/ Tears are the essence where gems are lost.” This book is an Ashura composition titled “With the Caravan of Spears,” composed by Alireza Ghazveh, a religious and revolutionary poet, in fourteen stanzas. Its precise language, intelligent expressions, and new atmosphere of Islamic and Shiite thought are advantages and contents of the book, which conclude with an introduction by Ali Moallem as the ceremonial poetry of our time and Abdoljabbar Kakaei’s critique on praise and eulogy in Persian language and literature along with Ghazveh’s Ashura composition.