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Tulip in the desert : a selection of the poetry of Muhammad Iqbal / edited and translated, with commentary and notes, by Mustansir Mir.
Van Pelt Library PK2199.I65 T87 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Urdu
- Subjects (All):
- Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 158 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Montreal] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- An exploration and selection of the poetry of one of Persia's most influential poets.
- From The Houri and the Poet
- From the spark I seek star, from the star a sun: I do not long for a destination,
- For if I stop, I die
- When I get up, having quaffed
- A cup of wine brewed by one spring breeze, I begin to sing another lyric,
- Longing for yet another spring. I seek the end of that which hs no end --
- With a restless eye, with a hopeful heart.
- The lover's heart dies in an eternal heaven --
- I it no cry of a soul in affliction
- no sorrow, and no one to drive away sorrow!
- Notes:
- Translated from Urdu.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0773520201
- 0773520376
- OCLC:
- 41119225
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