"Sirin" The Tulip Lover

Sirin
Medium; Charcoal on paper A5 print with bronze leaf embelishment  
“The Tulip is a symbol of love due to the Persian legend of Farhad and Sirin. Farhad was a young man madly in love with Sirin an young maiden. Upon a journey in order to win sirins hand in marriage Farhad received a false message that told of sirins death. Overcome with grief Farhad rode his horse off a cliff. It is said that for every drop of his blood that soaked into the earth a red tulip  sprang to life. The world came to know how much Farhad loved sirin through the red tulips and they became the symbol of love.”