The-Persian-Mystics-Jalaluddin-Rumi.pdf

^ISDOM OF THE EAST

THE PERSIAN MYSTICS

JALALU'D-DIN RUM!

BY F. HADLAND DAVIS

AUTHOR OF " IN THE VALLEY OF STARS

THERE IS A TOWER OP SILENCE "

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1912

ALL RIGHTS

A. T. K.

THIS LITTLE BOOK OF EASTERN WISDOM

IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED

" OUR JOURNEY is TO THE ROSE-GARDEN OF UNION

jALA"LU'D-DfN

PREFACE

I DESIRE to thank Mr. R. A. Nicholson for

his kind and generous permission to use

selections from his Dwani Shamsi Tabriz, and

also his publishers, the Cambridge Press. I am

deeply indebted to Mr. E. H. Whinfield for

allowing me to use quotations from his rendering

of the Masnavi (Triibner's Oriental Series). I

also cordially thank Mr. John Hastie for giving

me permission to quote a few passages from the

late Rev. Professor Hastie's " Festival of Spring "

(James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow). The

poems quoted from this volume are entitled :

"Thy Rose," "I saw the Winter weaving,"

" Love sounds the Music of the Spheres," " The

Souls Love-moved," and " The Beloved All in

All." All the other translations from the lyrical

poetry of Jalalu'd-Din Rumi are by Mr. R. A.

Nicholson. To these gentlemen, and to those