One part of this work discusses a greengrocer who has a clever parrot that chats with customers; the parrot was often left in
One part of this work discusses a greengrocer who has a clever parrot that chats with customers; the parrot was often left in charge of his shop and one day accidentally knocked over a bottle of rose oil. Another story is of a man eating a bitter watermelon, but upon being scolded, he says that it is not bitter since he is eating it with love in his heart. Reynold A. Nicholson was the first to translate all six books of this work into English, while James Redhouse earlier translated Book One. The earliest known version is called the "Konya manuscript" after the home of the author, who supposedly composed it after meeting a sweetmeats vendor and earlier composing the Divan of Shams of Tabriz. FTP, name this extensive didactic masterpiece of the Sufi poet Rumi.
One part of this work discusses a greengrocer who has a clever parrot that chats with customers; the parrot was often left in charge of his shop and one day accidentally knocked over a bottle of rose oil.