Spring and all its flowers now joyously break their vow of silence.It is time for celebration, not for lying low;You too — weed out those roots of sadness from your heart.
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Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 3)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 3 I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence, whose brothers were tall and good-looking, once saw his father glancing on him with aversion and contempt but he had the shrewdness and penetration to guess the meaning and said: […]
Masnavi e Manavi : ‘Ali’s Forbearance
Book I STORY XVI. ‘Ali’s Forbearance. ‘Ali, the “Lion of God,” was once engaged in conflict with a Magian chief, and in the midst of the struggle the Magian spat in his face. ‘Ali, instead of taking vengeance on him, at once dropped his sword, to the Magian’s great astonishment.
Attar: Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tazkarotol-Oulia) Part 2
Malek ibn Dinar Malek ibn Dinar al-Sami was the son of a Persian slave from Sejestan (or Kabol) and became a disciple of Hasan of Basra. He is mentioned as a reliable traditionist, transmitting from such early authorities as Anas ibn Malek and Ibn Sirin. A noted early calligrapher of the Koran, he […]
The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi : Chapter 2 – Feridoun
This is the translation of one of the world’s greatest masterpieces The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdowsi (The Epic of Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia) created by Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020) World famous Persian (Iranian) poet
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story1-2)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 1 I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with the tongue he had, and to use foul expressions according to the saying:
Masnavi e Manavi : The Youth who wrote a letter of complaint about his rations to the King.
Book IV. STORY III. The Youth who wrote a letter of complaint about his rations to the King. A certain youth in the service of a great king was dissatisfied with his rations, so he went to the cook and reproached him with dishonoring his master by his stinginess. The youth would not […]
Attar: Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tazkarotol-Oulia) Part 1
Hasan of Basra Al-Hasan ibn Abi ‘l Hasan al-Basri was born at Medina in 21 (642), the son of a slave captured in Maisan who afterwards became a client of the Prophet Mohammad’s secretary Zaid ibn Thabet.
Masnavi e Manavi : The Arab and his Wife.
Book 1 STORY IX. An Arab lived with his wife in the desert in extreme poverty, so that they became a reproach to their neighbours. The wife at last lost patience, and began to abuse her husband, and to urge him to improve their condition.
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (Part 3)
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM 1by Edward FitzGerald 21 And this delightful Herb whose tender Green Fledges the River’s Lip on which we lean —