The Literature of Persia: The Gulistan |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Of the Customs of Kings | 7 |
Of the Morals of Dervishes | 36 |
On the Preciousness of Contentment | 56 |
On the Benefit of Being Silent | 68 |
On Love and Youth | 73 |
Of Imbecility and Old Age | 86 |
Of the Impressions of Education | 89 |
FlowerFeast | 143 |
Villa of Falling Flowers | 170 |
Exile at Akashi | 187 |
The Beacon | 196 |
Overgrown Mugwort | 202 |
Barrier House | 208 |
Introduction | 223 |
LOVE SONGS PAGE | 224 |
Of the Duties of Society | 104 |
Introduction 3 | 1 |
The Broomlike Tree 28 | 28 |
Maple Fête | 134 |
ELEGIES | 245 |
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS | 251 |
SHORT STANZAS | 257 |