Book I. Story VII.The Merchant and his Clever Parrot. There was a certain merchant who kept a parrot in a cage. Being about to travel to Hindustan on business, he asked the parrot if he had any message to send to his kinsmen in that country, and the parrot desired him to tell […]
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The Oilman and his Parrot.
Masnavi e Ma’navi Translated & Abridged by E. H. Whinfield Book.1STORY II.An oilman possessed a parrot which used to amuse him with its agreeable prattle, and to watch his shop when he went out. One day, when the parrot was alone in the shop, a cat upset one of the oil-jars.
Thirty birds
The parrot in a cage In the world vision of Sufis, and in particular in the work of the great Sufi mystic Sohravardi, the soul of a human being is compared with a bird living in a cage, a magnificent parrot from the Indies, the native land of parrots. Why this comparison? The soul, […]