Table of Contents

Introduction page 1Style and Themes page 13The Legacy of Attar's Poetry page 41On Translating the Ghazals of Attar page 49Texts and Translations page 57Notes to the Translations page 177Bibliography page 191

About the Author

Kenneth Avery is a graduate of Sydney and Melbourne Universities, and a specialist in Sufi and Persian literature. His Ph.D. thesis was published in 2004 as: A Psychology of Early Sufi sama: Listening and Altered States (RoutledgeCurzon). He is a writer and teacher, and lives in rural Victoria, Australia.Ali Alizadeh holds a Ph.D. in Professional Writing from Deakin University, Melbourne, and teaches writing and literature at universities in Australia and Asia. His books of poetry include Eyes in Times of War and eliXir: a story in poetry. His translations of Persian poetry have been widely published.