Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (d. 1058) was an 11th-century Persian poet. He versified the story of Vis and Rāmin, a story from the Arsacid (Parthian).

Quotes

Poetry

• O happy, happy Wisa, who dost lie
  At Rāmin's feet, and with bewitched eye
  Gazest on him, as partridge doomed to die
  Its gaze upon the hawk doth concentrate!
  O happy, happy Wisa, who dost hold
  Clasped in thy hand the jewelled cup of gold,
  Filled to the brim with nectar rare and old,
  Which like thy beauty doth intoxicate!
  O happy Wisa, whose red lips confess
  With smiles their love, ere Rāmin's lips they press,
  Whom with desire's fulfilment Heaven doth bless,
  And Mubad's fruitless passion doth frustrate!
  • A Literary History of Persia, Vol. 2, p. 275

External links

• E. G. Browne: A Literary History of Persian, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1964