I desire to thank Mr. R. A. Nicholson for his kind and generous permission to use selections from his Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz, and also his publishers, the Cambridge Press. I am deeply indebted to Mr. E. H. Whinfield for allowing me to use quotations from his rendering of the Masnavi (Trübner’s Oriental Series). I also cordially thank Mr. John Hastie for giving me permission to quote a few passages from the late Rev. Professor Hastie’s “Festival of Spring” (James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow). The poems quoted from this volume are entitled: “Thy Rose,” “I saw the Winter weaving,” “Love sounds the Music of the Spheres,” “The Souls Love-moved,” and “The Beloved All in All.” All the other translations from the lyrical poetry of Jalálu’d-Dín Rúmí are by Mr. R. A. Nicholson. To these gentlemen, and to those I have left unnamed, I tender my warmest thanks for their help, sympathy, and interest in my attempt to “popularise the wisest of the Persian Súfís.
F. HADLAND DAVIS.
LONDON,
January 22, 1907.
F. HADLAND DAVIS.
LONDON,
January 22, 1907.