Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxx : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXX. The Incomparable Creator, when this World He did create, created First of All The First Intelligence--First of a Chain Of Ten Intelligences, of which the Last Sole Agent is in this our Universe, Active Intelligence so call'd;...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Ii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 4 II. And yet how long, Jmi, in this Old House Stringing thy Pearls upon a Harp of Song? Year after Year striking up some new Song, The Breath of some Old Story? Life is gone, And yet the Song is not the Last; my Soul Is spent...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xvi : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XVI. The Shah ceased Counsel, and The Sage began. "Oh Thou new Vintage of a Garden old, "Last Blazon of the Pen of 'Let There Be,' "Who read'st the Seven and Four; interpretest "The writing on the Leaves of Night and Day-- "Archetype...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xiii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XIII. While a Full Year was counted by the Moon, Salmn and Absl rejoiced together, And for so long he stood not in the face Of Sage or Shah, and their bereavd Hearts Were torn in twain with the Desire of Him. They question'd those...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. I. Prologue : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. xviii The several Spellings of some Proper Names, especially the Prophet's, in Memoir and Appendix, must be excused by the several Writers they are quoted from. p. 1 SALMN AND ABSL I. PROLOGUE. Oh Thou whose Memory quickens Lovers'...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXII. When The Shah saw Salmn's face again, And breath'd the Breath of Reconciliation, He laid the Hand of Love upon his Shoulder, p. 38 The Kiss of Welcome on his Cheek, and said, "Oh Thou, who lost, Love's Banquet lost its Salt, "...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Viii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], VIII. Soon as the Lord of Heav'n had sprung his Horse Over the Horizon into the Blue Field, Salmn rose drunk with the Wine of Sleep, And set himself a-stirrup for the Field; He and a Troop of Princes--Kings in Blood, Kings too...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxix. Epilogue : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXIX. EPILOGUE. Under the Outward Form of any Story An Inner Meaning lies--This Story now Completed, do Thou of its Mystery (Whereto the Wise hath found himself a way) Have thy Desire--No Tale of "I" and Thou, Though "I" and Thou be...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxi : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXI. But as the days went on, and still The Shah Beheld Salmn how sunk in Absl, And yet no Hand of better Effort lifted; But still the Crown that shall adorn his Head, And still the Throne that waited for his Foot, Trampled from Memory...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xvii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 30 XVII. When from The Sage these words Salmn heard, The breath of Wisdom round his Palate blew; He said--"Oh Darling of the Soul of Plato, "To whom a hundred Aristotles bow; "Oh Thou that an Eleventh to the Ten "Original...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xv : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 28 XV. Salmn heard--the Sea of his Soul was mov'd, And bubbled up with Jewels, and he said; "Oh Shah, I am the Slave of thy Desire, "Dust of thy Throne ascending Foot am I; "Whatever thou Desirest I would do, "But sicken of my own...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. X : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], X. Now was Salmn in his Prime of Growth, His Cypress Stature risen to high Top, And the new-blooming Garden of his Beauty Began to bear; and Absl long'd to gather; But the Fruit grew upon too high a Bough, To which the Noose of her...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xix : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 32 XIX. Six days Salmn on the Camel rode, And then Remembrance of foregone Reproach Abode not by him; and upon the Seventh He halted on the Seashore, and beheld An Ocean boundless as the Heaven above, That, reaching its...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxvi : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 44 XXVI. Then The Sage counsell'd, and Salmn heard, And drew the Wisdom down into his Heart; And, sitting in the Shadow of the Perfect, His Soul found Quiet under; sweet it seem'd, Sweeping the Chaff and Litter from his own, To be...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxiii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXIII. Ah the poor Lover!--In the changing Hands Of Day and Night no wretcheder than He! No Arrow from the Bow of Evil Fate But reaches him--one Dagger at his Throat, Another comes to wound him from behind. Wounded by Love--then...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxviii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXVIII. "My Son, the Kingdom of The World is not "Eternal, nor the Sum of right Desire; "Make thou the Faith-preserving Intellect p. 47 "Thy Counsellor; and considering To-day "To-morrow's Seed-field, ere That come to bear, "Sow with...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Vi : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], VI. When the Sharp-witted Sage Had heard these Sayings of The Shah, he said, "Oh Shah, who would not be the Slave of Lust "Must still endure the Sorrow of no Son. "--Lust that makes blind the Reason; Lust that makes "A Devil's self...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xviii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XVIII. Unto the Soul that is confused by Love Comes Sorrow after Sorrow--most of all To Love whose only Friendship is Reproof, And overmuch of Counsel--whereby Love Grows stubborn, and increases the Disease. Love unreproved is...
Preface : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. i My dear Cowell, Two years ago, when we began (I for the first time) to read this Poem together, I wanted you to translate it, as something that should interest a few who are worth interesting. You, however, did not see the way...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xx : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XX. When by and bye The Shah was made aware Of that Soul-wasting absence of his Son, He reach'd a Cry to Heav'n--his Eyelashes p. 35 Wept Blood--Search everywhere he set a-foot, But none could tell the hidden Mystery. Then bade he...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. V : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 10 V. One Night The Shah of Ynan, as his wont, Consider'd of his Power, and told his State, How great it was, and how about him sat The Robe of Honour of Prosperity; Then found he nothing wanted to his Heart, Unless a Son, who his...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxvii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXVII. The Crown of Empire how supreme a Lot! The Throne of the Sultan how high!--But not For All--None but the Heaven-ward Foot may dare To mount--The Head that touches Heaven to wear!-- When the Belov'd of Royal Augury Was rescued...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xiv : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XIV. First spoke The Shah;--"Salmn, Oh my Soul, "Oh Taper of the Banquet of my House, "Light of the Eyes of my Prosperity, "And making bloom the Court of Hope with Rose; "Years Rose-bud-like my own Blood I devour'd "Till in my hand I...
Life Of J'ami : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. vii LIFE OF JMI. [I hope the following disproportionate Notice of Jmi's Life will be amusing enough to excuse its length. I found most of it at the last moment in Rosenzweig's "Biographische Notizen" of Jmi, from whose own...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Vii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 15 VII. The Sage his Satire ended; and The Shah With Magic-mighty Wisdom his pure Will Leaguing, its Self-fulfilment wrought from Heaven. And Lo! from Darkness came to Light A Child, Of Carnal Composition Unattaint,-- A Rosebud...
Title Page : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], SALMN & ABSL AN ALLEGORY TRANSLATED FROM THE PERSIAN OF JMI BY EDWARD FITZGERALD LONDON ALEXANDER MORING LTD. THE DE LA MORE PRESS 298 REGENT STREET W MDCCCCIV [1904] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, September 2008...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Notes : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 60 p. 61 NOTES Page 1. Laila, Majnn.--all well-known Types of Eastern Lovers. Shrn and her Suitors figure in Sec. XX. Page 1. To Cozen the World.--the Persian Mystics also represent the Deity Dice-ing with Human Destiny behind...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Appendix : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 53 APPENDIX. "What follows concerning the Royal Game of" Chgn "comes from the Appendix to Vol. 1. of Sir William Ouseley's Travels in the East". Firdsi tells of Siavesh and his Iranian (Persian) Heroes astonishing Afrasib of Turn...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 24 XII. Now when Salmn's Heart turn'd to Absl, Her Star was happy in the Heavens--Old Love Put forth afresh--Desire doubled his Bond: And of the running Time she watch'd an Hour To creep into the Mansion of her Moon And satiate her...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xi : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 23 XI. Thus day by day did Absl tempt Salmn, And by and bye her Wiles began to work. Her Eyes Narcissus stole his Sleep--their Lashes Pierc'd to his Heart--out from her Locks a Snake Bit him--and bitter, bitter on his Tongue Became...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Iii : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], III. When Night had thus far brought me with my Book, In middle Thought Sleep robb'd me of myself; And in a Dream Myself I seem'd to see, Walking along a straight and even Road, And clean as is the Soul of the Sufi; A Road whose...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Iv. The Story : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], IV. THE STORY. A Shah there was who ruled the Realm of Yn, And wore the Ring of Empire of Sikander; And in his Reign A Sage, who had the Tower Of Wisdom of so strong Foundation built That Wise Men from all Quarters of the World...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxiv : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], XXIV. Heaven's Dome is but a wondrous House of Sorrow, And Happiness therein a lying Fable. When first they mix'd the Clay of Man, and cloth'd His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an Evil Cloud Rain Sorrows...
Untitled : * This is a translation of an allegorical Sufi poem by the Persian Sufi poet Jami. Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, (b. 1441 d. 1492), lived in what is today Afghanistan and Uzebekistan. The translator, Edward Fitzgerald, is best known for his translation of the Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam. This book...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Ix : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 20 IX. Suddenly that Sweet Minister of mine Rebuked me angrily; "What Folly, Jmi, "Wearing that indefatigable Pen "In celebration of an Alien Shah "Whose Throne, not grounded in the Eternal World, "Yesterday was, To-day is not!" I...
Sal'am'an And Abs'al. Xxv : * "Salaman and Absal", by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904], p. 43 XXV. When in this Plight The Shah Salmn saw, His Soul was struck with Anguish, and the Vein Of Life within was strangled--what to do He knew not. Then he turn'd him to The Sage-- "Oh Altar of the World, to whom Mankind "Directs...