Bayan — Persian poetry start page

Today's beyt from classical Persian poetry in every new tab, with a library of Hafez, Rumi, Saadi and more in three languages.

Bayan puts a poem from classical Persian literature in every new tab — the same poem the Bayan apps for iPhone and Android choose for your day. TODAY'S POEM • The opening beyt in Nastaliq script, with its English or Arabic translation beneath • Step through the whole poem beyt by beyt with the arrows or your keyboard • Copy a beyt with its translation and credit, or share it A LIBRARY • More than 17,000 poems by twelve poets • Every poet's books and every poem, with a reader that steps to the previous and next poem • A filter over long books, and short biographies of each poet THREE LANGUAGES • Persian, English and Arabic interface, right-to-left where it should be • Persian calendar dates and Persian numerals in Farsi PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no analytics, no ads, no third parties — the fonts are bundled • The request for today's poem is identical for everyone: your time zone and language never leave the browser • Your recent tabs, frequent sites and bookmarks can be shown under the poem — but only if you turn that on, and the permissions it needs are asked for then, not at install Free, with no in-app purchases. Privacy policy: https://trybayan.com/privacy/