Oriental Literature: The literature of Persia, ed. by R. J. H. GottheilRichard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson Colonial Press, 1899 For contents, see Title Catalog. |
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... hundred or so authentic quatrains one asks , Which is the real Omar ? Is it he who sings of wine and of pleasure ; who seems to preach a life of sensual enjoyment ? or is it the stern preacher , who criticises all , high and low ...
... hundred or so authentic quatrains one asks , Which is the real Omar ? Is it he who sings of wine and of pleasure ; who seems to preach a life of sensual enjoyment ? or is it the stern preacher , who criticises all , high and low ...
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... hundred and ten years of age and much of the time was lived in days of stress and trouble . The Mongols were devastating in the East ; the Crusaders were fighting in the West . In 1226 Sa'di himself felt the effects of the one - he was ...
... hundred and ten years of age and much of the time was lived in days of stress and trouble . The Mongols were devastating in the East ; the Crusaders were fighting in the West . In 1226 Sa'di himself felt the effects of the one - he was ...
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... hundred books which he published , in the year 1886 , as containing the best hundred worth reading , mentioned the " Shah Námeh " or " Book of Kings , " written by the Persian poet Fir- dusi , it is doubtful whether many of his readers ...
... hundred books which he published , in the year 1886 , as containing the best hundred worth reading , mentioned the " Shah Námeh " or " Book of Kings , " written by the Persian poet Fir- dusi , it is doubtful whether many of his readers ...
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... hundred other fancies com- pare unfavorably with the reserve of Homer , in his use of such a personage as Circe , and the human grace and dignity which he lends to that genial circle on Olympus , whose inextinguish- able laughter is ...
... hundred other fancies com- pare unfavorably with the reserve of Homer , in his use of such a personage as Circe , and the human grace and dignity which he lends to that genial circle on Olympus , whose inextinguish- able laughter is ...
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... hundred and twenty 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 ...
... hundred and twenty 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 ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Afrásiyáb Arjásp arms army arrows art thou Balkh Barzú Bashútan battle beautiful behold blood brave brother Byzun champion charms chiefs 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 poet 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 338 - I SOMETIMES think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.
Seite 338 - 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! XIV Look to the blowing Rose about us —
Seite 343 - The Moving Finger writes ; and having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Seite 338 - 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...
Seite 341 - A Moment's Halt — a momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste — And Lo! — the phantom Caravan has reach'd The NOTHING it set out from — Oh, make haste!
Seite 338 - 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 341 - You know, my Friends, with what a brave Carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house ; Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed, And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse. LVI For 'Is' and 'IS-NOT' though with Rule and Line, And 'UP-AND-DOWN...
Seite 346 - And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel, And robb'd me of my Robe of Honour — Well, I wonder often what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.
Seite 343 - 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 338 - 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.