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The Speech of the Birds - Mantiqu't-Tair (Paperback, New edition)
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The Speech of the Birds - Mantiqu't-Tair (Paperback, New edition)
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'Mantiqu't-Tair' is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature
of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here
presented for the first time as 'The Speech of the Birds'. The text
revolves around the decision of the birds of the world to seek out
a king. Their debilitating doubts and fears, the knowing counsel of
their leader Hoopoe, and their choice of the Simurgh as a king, is
in reality an allegory of the spiritual path of Sufism with its
demands, its hazards and its infinite rewards. The poem contains
many admonitory anecdotes and exemplary stories, including numerous
references to some of the early Muslim mystics such as Rabi'a
al-'Adawiyya, Abu Sa'id ibn Abi'l-Khair, Mansur al-Hallaj and
Shibli, among others. In 'The Speech of the Birds', Peter Avery has
not only given us a precise and moving translation, but also ample
annotation providing much information to fill in what Attar would
have expected his readers to know. The result is a fascinating
insight into a remarkable aspect of Islam: the world of ecstatic
love of the Persian mystics. 'The Speech of the Birds' will be of
interest to everyone who values great literature, as well as to all
students of Persian and Sufism.
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