The thirteenth-century poet of Shiraz arranges short anecdotes and maxims into ten chapters on justice and government, benevolence, love, humility, resignation, contentment, education, gratitude, repentance and prayer. Kings, dervishes, misers and a proud astronomer all learn something, in A. Hart Edwards’s prose translation with an introduction.
A classic of Persian wisdom literature, warm, shrewd and easy to dip into. Download the free EPUB.