The Conference of the Birds
Translated by Afkham Darbandi
Translated by Dick Davis
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, Penguin Classics
First written c. 1177
About this text
A verse translation of ʿAṭṭār’s Manṭiq al-ṭayr, the allegory of the birds’ journey through seven valleys to the Sīmurgh, with the many stories the hoopoe tells along the way, and an introduction to the poem and its Sufi background.
How to cite
Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār. The Conference of the Birds. Translated by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis. Penguin Classics. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984.
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