The Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí: The translation of the fifth and sixth booksMessrs. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972 - Sufi poetry, Persian |
Contents
Preface in prose | 5 |
The Prophet and the Greedy Infidel | 20 |
Description of the Peacock | 26 |
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Common terms and phrases
¹ Literally Amír art thou ascetic Ayáz Azrael beauty become behold Beloved bestowed bird body bounty bread cadi Caliph carnal soul cause celestial sphere checkmate command crying death dervish desire Devil dirhems Divine door earth evil face faith fear fire free-will give gnostic God's gold halwa hand Hark hath head heart Heaven hidden hundred hunger Iblis infidel intelligence intoxicated Ka'ba Khwaja King light lion Lord lover Maḥmúd Mathnawi means mercy Mohammed moon muezzin Mustafa Mohammed naught Necessitarian night non-existence Paradise pearl Pen has dried phantasy Pharaoh power of choice prayer Prophet qibla Qur'an reason repentance replied sake saying secret seek Seraphiel Shaykh sheepskin jacket slave sorrow spiritual Story Súfi sweet Tabriz thee thine things thou art thou hast thou wilt thyself treasure unto veil wine words worldly