Farrukhi Sistani

Abul Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani (c. 980 – 1037 or 1038) was a 10th- and 11th-century Persian royal poet of Ghaznavids.

Quotes

• Before my lay the riches
  Of lordly Samarkand,
  I looked o'er grove and garden,
  O'er vale and meadow-land.
  But since my purse was empty,
  My pocket bare as thread,
  The rug of joy I folded,
  From the hall of hope I fled.
  I had heard in every city
  Famed scholars oft declare,
  "Eight are the Paradises,
  And but one Kawthar there."
  Here bloom a thousand Edens,
  A thousand Kawthars foam,
  But ah me! what avail they,
  Since I go thirsty home?
  When hand a dirham lacketh
  Whilst eye sees all its wish,
  'Tis like a head dissevered
  Within a golden dish.
  • Muhammad Aufi's Lubab ul-Albab: vol. 2, p. 16, quoted in Islamic Poetry and Mysticism, p. 16

See also

• Alexander the Great
• Khaqani
• Ahli Shirazi