The Festival of Spring, from the Díván of Jeláleddín / Rendered in English Gazels after Rückert's Versions, with an Introduction and a Criticism of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

The Lion of God
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Fairest Flower beneath the Skies:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!

Fairest Flower in Paradise:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!

God's brave Lion, lamb-like, gentle,

Clearest Mirror, ever bright:

Pure in Faith, without Disguise:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!