Oriental Literature, Band 36Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson Colonial Press, 1900 For contents, see Title Catalog. |
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... thousand lines of this neo - Persian Book of Kings . In this very city of Tus , Abul Kasim Mansur ( or Ahmed ) Firdusi was born , A.D. 935. One loves to think that perhaps he got his name from the Persian - Arabic word for garden ; for ...
... thousand lines of this neo - Persian Book of Kings . In this very city of Tus , Abul Kasim Mansur ( or Ahmed ) Firdusi was born , A.D. 935. One loves to think that perhaps he got his name from the Persian - Arabic word for garden ; for ...
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... thousand verses , written in the Arabic heroic Mutakarib metre , have remained the delight of the Persians down to this very day - when the glories of the land have almost altogether de- parted and Mahmud himself is all forgotten of his ...
... thousand verses , written in the Arabic heroic Mutakarib metre , have remained the delight of the Persians down to this very day - when the glories of the land have almost altogether de- parted and Mahmud himself is all forgotten of his ...
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... Thousand Songs , " in which Oriental hyperbole expresses its apprecia- tion . Few leaders and teachers have had the good fortune to live out their teachings in their own lives as had Sa'di . And that life was long indeed . Muharrif al ...
... Thousand Songs , " in which Oriental hyperbole expresses its apprecia- tion . Few leaders and teachers have had the good fortune to live out their teachings in their own lives as had Sa'di . And that life was long indeed . Muharrif al ...
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... thousand brawding rills of Per- sian fancy and exaggeration . It is a hundred years ago that a certain physician in the em- ployment of the East India Company , who then represented British supremacy in Bengal and Calcutta , published ...
... thousand brawding rills of Per- sian fancy and exaggeration . It is a hundred years ago that a certain physician in the em- ployment of the East India Company , who then represented British supremacy in Bengal and Calcutta , published ...
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... thousand lines , it will easily be understood that a literal rendering of the whole would make a volume whose bulk would put it far out of reach to the general reader . At- kinson has very wisely furnished us with a masterly résumé of ...
... thousand lines , it will easily be understood that a literal rendering of the whole would make a volume whose bulk would put it far out of reach to the general reader . At- kinson has very wisely furnished us with a masterly résumé of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Afrásiyáb Arjásp arms army arrows art thou Balkh Barzú Bashútan battle beautiful behold blood brave brother Byzun champion charms chiefs Chín command crown damsel Dárá Dáráb daughter death Demon dervishes dreadful dust earth elephant enemy eyes fate father Ferámurz Feridún fight Firdusi Fríburz Gersiwaz grief ground Gúdarz Gushtásp Háfiz hand head heard heart Heaven heroes horse Húmán Iblis Irán Irij Isfendiyár javelin Jemshid Kábul Kai-khosráu kamund Káús Khakán Khosráu king kingdom Kurugsar Lohurásp mace Mázinderán mighty Mihráb Minúchihr monarch mother mountain Nauder never night o'er Omar Khayyám Persian Pírán prince Rakush replied returned rose royal Rubáiyát Rúdábeh Rúm Rustem Sa'di Saiáwush Sám saying sent Shiraz Sikander Simurgh Sístán slain smiles Sohráb soon sorrow soul Súdáveh sword thee thine thou art thou hast thought thousand throne told troops Túr Túrán Túránian Tús vengeance warriors whilst wild wine youth Zábul Zál Zohák
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 348 - Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and — sans End! Alike for those who for TO-DAY prepare, And those that after a TO-MORROW stare, A Muezzin from the Tower of Darkness cries 'Fools! your Reward is neither Here nor There!
Seite 347 - The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — is gone.
Seite 347 - Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears TO-DAY of past Regrets and Future Fears : To-morrow! — Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand Years.
Seite 354 - And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help — for It As impotently moves as you or I.
Seite 347 - For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest.
Seite 346 - Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
Seite 352 - IS-NOT' though. with Rule and Line And 'UP-AND-DOWN' by logic I define, Of all that one should care to fathom, I Was never deep in anything but - Wine.
Seite 353 - I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answered, "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell...
Seite 353 - Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road, ' "* Which to discover we must travel too.
Seite 356 - Some there are who tell Of one who threatens he will toss to Hell The luckless Pots he marr'd in making — Pish ! He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well.