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

Death thy giant Thews despise:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!

All the Paths we tread to-day,

Thou hast traced them, Son of Light!

Let on us thy Beams arise:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!

Leader, Guide, and Champion true,

Ever foremost in the Van:

Where thou leadest, Honour lies:

Ali Abutaleb's Son!