TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

By Gholam-Reza Aavani

Nasir-i Khusraw and His Diwan.

By Peter Lamborn Wilson

I - The Divan

II - Philosophy

The First Poem

Speech.

The Angelic Presence

Freewill and Determination

Being and Becoming

Planets, Metals, Etc.

God and the World.

Hermeneutics (The Garden)

The Two Jewels.

 

III - Words of Wisdom

Words of Wisdom.

A Parable of Jesus

On the Quran

Ode to Night.

The Way of the World.

The World Defends Itself.

Homo Ludens.

The Eater of Dust

Ode to Spring

Anti-Ode to Spring

Encore

A La Mode

 

IV- Satire

A wasted Pilgrimage

To a Merchant

Astrology and Poetry

The Shark

Excuses

Storm Warnings

The Aging Rake

 

V- Autobiography

Autobiography

A Warning to Missionaries

Dissimulation

The Decline of Khorasan

In Yamgan

Retirement

The Exiles Lament

Letter from an Acquaintance

 

VI - Devotion

In Praise of Ali (1)

In Praise of Ali (2)

In Praise of the Prophet

 

Notes on the Poems

 

Bibliography

 


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