Mahsati Ganjavi: A world there is for those in love with mines of precious stones

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A world there is for those in love with mines of precious stones

Mahsati Ganjavi, Mahsati Ganjavi poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Mahsati Ganjavi
(12th Century) Timeline

English version by
Edward G. Brown

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Muslim / Sufi

12th Century

A world there is for those in love with mines of precious stones,
But bards select a different world as setting for their thrones.
The bird who eats love's magic grain lives on another plane -
His nest beyond both worlds, ignoring riches, scorning fame.

-- from A Literary History of Persia: (Classics of Persian Literature - 4 Volumes), Edited by Edward G. Browne

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Themes

Birds

Lover and Beloved

Recommended Books

	A Literary History of Persia: (Classics of Persian Literature - 4 Volumes), Edited by Edward G. Browne
	Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

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