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The Wine of Love, Mystical Poetry of Imam Khomeini is Ruhollah Khomeini’s masterpieces in six chapter: Ghazals, Ruba'is, Qasidas, Mosammat, Tarjiband and scattered poems. The collection of poems was first published by the Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s Works in 438 pages. Many Iranian contemporary poets such as Hamid Sabzevari, Javad Mohaqqegh, Abdoljabbar Kakaie, Rahim Zaryan, MohammadAli Bahmani, Kamran Sarafshahi, Saeed Biyabanaki, Saber Imami, Abbas Cheshami and Amir Marzban have comment regarding the book. Poetry of the Diwan-e Imam is written in Iraqi style. Diwan-e Imam is translated and published in other languages. It’s also broadcasted in some European national television.

First time, Ruhollah Khomeini’s poem was released on June 4, 1989, 18 days after his death in Kayhan, the Iranian newspaper. It also was broadcasted in international media. His first published poem was the 14-line Ghazal started with this hemistich: "O Friend, I have become captivated

by the mole over your lip.

I have seen your languid eyes

and I have become sick."

The poem will appear in an English-language translation in the Sept. 4 issue of The New Republic. "Given what the West has thought of Khomeini, the lyricism of the poem and its radical, law-threatening mysticism are startling," said Leon Wieseltier, the literary editor of The The New Republic. The poem was brought to The New Republic's attention by Patrick Clawson, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. As the poem was untitled, Clawson provided the title in English, A Love Poem, which he said is clearly intended to mean a religious love poem. Khomeini's poetry is significant because it shows how deeply his mysticism is enshrined in his own world of personal experience.