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1、Hu121BirdParliamentbyFaridud-DinAttartranslatedbyEdwardFitzGeraldfirstpublishedinLettersandLiteraryRemainsofEdwardFitzGerald(WilliamAldisWright,ed.)LondonandNewYork:MacmillanandCo.[1889]1Scannedatsacred-texts.com,April2007.ProofedandformattedbyJohnBrunoHa
2、re.ThistextisinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStatesbecauseitwasfirstpublishedpriortoJanuary1st,1923.Thesefilesmaybeusedforanynon-comercialuseprovidedthisnoticeofattributionisleftintactinallcopies.ThiscelebratedSufipoem,alsoknownasConferenceoftheBirds,bythe12t
3、hcenturyPersianpoetFaridud-DinAttar,isataleofajourneyofagroupofthirtybirdstothesummitoftheworldmountain,Qaf.AnallegoryoftheSufijourneytorealizationofthenatureofGod,eachbirdhasaparticularsignficance,aspecialfault,andataletotell.Inspiteofitssignificanceforw
4、orldliteratureandthestudyofreligion,Attar'spoemwasnottranslatedinitsentiretyuntilthemid-twentiethcentury,andthestandardEnglishtranslationsarehencenotinthepublicdomain.HoweverEdwardFitzGerald,bestknownasthetranslatorofTheRubayyatofOmarKhayyamworkedonthisab
5、ridgedtranslationoftheBirdParliamentthrough1857.Itislittleknowntoday,primarilybecauseitwasonlypublishedposthumously(FitzGeralddiedin1883),inLettersandLiteraryRemains,editedbyWilliamAldisWright,in1889.ThisisthefirsttimeanetextofFitzGerald'stranslationofthi
6、sworkhasbeenpostedontheInternet.--JohnB.Hare,April12,20072BirdParliamentOnceonatimefromalltheCirclesseven1BetweenthestedfastEarthandrollingHeavenTHEBIRDS,ofallNote,Plumage,andDegree,ThatfloatinAir,androostupontheTree;AndtheythatfromtheWaterssnatchtheirMea
7、t,AndtheythatscourtheDesertwithlongFeet;BirdsofallNatures,knownornottoMan,Flock'dfromallQuartersintofullDivan,OnnolesssolemnbusinessthantofindOrchoose,aSultanKhalifoftheirkind,10Forwhom,ifnevertheirs,orlost,theypined.TheSnakehadhis,'twassaid;andsotheBeast
8、HisLion-lord:andManhadhis,atleast:AndthattheBirds,whonearestweretheSkies,Andwentapparell'dinitsAngelDyes.Shouldbewithout—undernobetterLawThanthatwhichlostallotherintheMaw—DisperstwithoutaBondofUnion—nay,Ormeetingtom
