Description:
Classic Persian legend, a favorite of the Sufis, as told by twelfth-century poet Nizami.
An English translation of Nizami's twelfth-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover, an allegory of the soul's search for God. Includes a final chapter translated especially for this edition by Omid Safi and Pir Zia Inayat Khan.
Brief description:
Nizami is the pen-name of Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf ibn Zaki Mu'ayyad (c.1141-1209), a poet from the Transcaucasian city of Ganja. The Story of Layla and Majnun is one of five epic poems written by Nizami, and is considered to be a classic work of Sufi literature.