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Conference of the Birds
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Artikel-Nr:
9780141920955
Veröffentl:
2005
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Farid Attar
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Farud Du-Din Attar (um 1120-1220) gehört neben Hafiz und Rumi - zu den größten persischen sufi-mystischen Dichtern. Er arbeitete als Drogist, sammelte 97 Biografien klassischer Sufi-Derwische, verlor im Alter von etwa 100 Jahren im Mongolensturm sein Leben und hinterließ mehreregereimte Mathnawi/Lehr-Epen, von denen die weltberühmten Vogelgespräche bisher nur auf englisch-französischen Umwegen ins Deutsche gelangten. Goethe nahm ihn in den Westöstlichen Diwan auf
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God - it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe. With eloquence and insight, however, the hoopoe calms their fears, using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty and profound, The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry.
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God - it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe. With eloquence and insight, however, the hoopoe calms their fears, using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty and profound, The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry.