Old men with spine-chilling laughs haunt the narrator of a novel in this language, The Blind Owl. The song of a reed-flute opens a poetry collection in this language. In another work in this language, the Black Demon is slain by Hushang in vengeance for the death of Siamak, the son of Kayumars. In that work, Sohrab is killed by the rider of Rakhsh, Rustam. The lines "The Moving Finger writes and, having Writ, / moves on" and "A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread - and Thou" were written in this language and translated into English by Edward FitzGerald. For 10 points, name this language used in Rumi's Spiritual Couplets, Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Old men with spine-chilling laughs haunt the narrator of a novel in this language, The Blind Owl. The song of a reed-flute opens a poetry collection in this language. In another work in this language, the Black Demon is slain by Hushang in vengeance for the death of Siamak, the son of Kayumars. In that work, Sohrab is killed by the rider of Rakhsh, Rustam. The lines "The Moving Finger writes and, having Writ, / moves on" and "A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread - and Thou" were written in this language and translated into English by Edward FitzGerald. For 10 points, name this language used in Rumi's Spiritual Couplets, Ferdowsi's Shahnameh and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Old men with spine-chilling laughs haunt the narrator of a novel in this language, The Blind Owl.
{Persian} [or {Farsi}]