MOHAMMAD TAGHI, son of MOHAMMAD KAZEM SABOURI, was laureate poet of ASTAN QODS RAZAVI, born on 1886 in MASHHAD city. Father did not like his son to be poet. But despite the will of the father, he started to say poems at the age of 14.
In the beginning, his relatives thought, Mohammad is misusing father`s poems. Opponents asked him to make a poem with the words they say, in their presence. A chamber was organized for this purpose and they urged him to make quatrain by these words: light, salt, sycamore and beads. And poet did it in a few seconds:
When partner saw me with cloak and beads, said
There will not be any light from asceticism
No body seen nectar in salt mine
No body peeled fruit from sycamore`s branch
Other four words were raised again with another quatrain: cock, grapes, flag and stone. So he made this quatrain.
Rose up morning`s cock, you also wake up, oh friend
Throw heart blood of grapes in nerve and skin
Love of me and you is the story of fist and flag
You and heart are the talk of stone and bowl
After the death of father, MOZAFARUDIN SHAH, gave him the title of king of poets. BAHAR learnt Persian literature from father. And to complete Arabic and Persian literary went to ADIB NEYSHABOURI. He was going to liberals meetings. When constitutional movement won, he was only 20. In minor tyranny era, published a newspaper by name KHORASSAN. When MOHAMMAD ALI the KING fled, he wrote poems for this occasion. And people sung them in national celebrations. In 1910 he started a new newspaper called NOBAHAR. In this one he had harsh attacks against Russian pressure and interference in the domestic politics. So government closed it. BAHAR started a new newspaper by name TAZE BAHAR. This was also banned after one year. After this event, local government deported him to Tehran. When BAHAR was young, his poems were in eulogy fields including: praising Imam REZA, praising Imam MAHDI etc. totally he was following the poetry of old masters. After constitutionalism and democracy and entering parliament, he devoted his poetry to freedom. In this period, his poems are passionate and intimates colonial politics. And calls people to involve in political and social affairs. In 1918, he created a society called college, and gathered a crowd of young authors in a journal. In 1920, he published college magazine. The magazine did not last long, though more than a year, was one of the best. In the fourth period of parliament was chosen as a representative along with late MODARES. He was one of the famous leaders of majority. After sixth period of assembly, he did not step in and spent 17 years in teaching and left politics. In 1937 he was appointed to the ministry of culture. After few months he left the said post. In fifteenth period of parliament again he became MP. But because of diphtheria illness travelled to Switzerland for treatment. After treatment he returned to Iran and two years later he died.

His works:

1) Poetry journal including ode, paragraph composition, refrain, sonnet
2) Stylistically, is in three volumes of Persian prose style
3) History of political parties
4) Corrected some ancient text, such as SISTAN history, MAJMAOL TAWARIKH, ALGHESAS, BALAMI history
5) Publishing newspapers and magazines that have been mentioned in the description of his biography.

BAHAR`s style in poetry

He was odes and follower of ancient poetry. But despite his adherence to the old poetry, his poetry has been able to harmonize the demands of the people. In the second period of literary activity, he comes forward to work with the young poets and modernity works. He accepts all forms of modernism in literature, but tries to keep the old rules and traditions. He is fascinated by ancient poetry and on the other hand, is not unaware of the change. He really tried to approach to the principles of ancient poetry. His odes are solid and warm. His passion is epic in nature.

Examples of his poetry:

Oh chicken dawn, wail now
Make my stain fresher
Away from devil
Break the cage, tumble down
Oh jailed nightingale, come out of the cage
Sing the human freedom song
Out of soul breath,
Make the soil mass full of excitement
Ruthless oppression, hunter tyranny
Destroyed my cottage
Oh God, oh heaven, oh nature
Make our dark night into a bright morning
It is spring, the flower is to load
The tears are falling down of my eyes
This cage just like my heart
Is narrow and dim
Oh fiery, flame the cage
Oh hand of nature, don’t peel out my life`s flower
Oh young flower, look at the lover
More and more and more
Oh you heartless hen,
Make the separation story lesser
I have to stand up and live again
And stop the heart`s pain
I want to become rain and fall upon mountains
Then I become fire and catch dries and wets

/J