Farrukhi Sistani

Abul Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani (c. 980 – 1037 or 1038) was a 10th- and 11th-century Persian royal poet of Ghaznavids. Quotes Before my lay the richesOf lordly Samarkand,I looked o'er grove and garden,O'er vale and meadow-land.But since my purse was empty,My pocket bare as thread,The rug of joy I folded,From the hall of hope I fled.I had heard in every cityFamed scholars oft declare,"Eight are the Paradises,And but one Kawthar there."Here bloom a thousand Edens,A thousand Kawthars foam,But ah me! what avail they,Since I go thirsty home?When hand a dirham lackethWhilst eye sees all its wish,'Tis like a head disseveredWithin a golden dish. Muhammad Aufi's Lubab ul-Albab: vol. 2, p. 16, quoted in Islamic Poetry and Mysticism, p. 16 See also Alexander the Great Khaqani Ahli Shirazi External links Category:980 births Category:1030s deaths Category:Persian literature Category:Poets from Iran Category:10th-century Persian poets Category:11th-century Persian poets Category:Ghaznavid-period poets