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The Mesnevi

Book the First: the Song of the Reed and the first tale

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī · translated by James W. Redhouse, 1881

Contents

  1. Proem: the Song of the Reed

    From reed-flute hear what tale it tells; / What plaint it makes of absence’ …

  2. I. The Prince and the Handmaid

    A prince there was, long since in time it is. / Of Church and State the power and wealth were his. / The chase on horse one day to follow, …

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Chicago (bibliography)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. The Mesnevi. Translated by James W. Redhouse. 1881. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/mesnevi-redhouse.

Chicago (note)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, The Mesnevi, trans. James W. Redhouse (1881), The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/mesnevi-redhouse.

MLA

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. The Mesnevi. Translated by James W. Redhouse, 1881. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/mesnevi-redhouse.

BibTeX
@book{texts-mesnevi-redhouse,
  author = {Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī},
  title = {{The Mesnevi}},
  translator = {James W. Redhouse},
  year = {1881},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/mesnevi-redhouse}
}