Le Cantique des Oiseaux = Manṭiq al-ṭayr : Illustré par la peinture en Islam d’Orient By
 Leili Anvar
Publisher Diane de Selliers Éditeur Pub Date 2012 Pub Location None Isbn 9782364370036 Course(s)
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Description

Song birds, a mystical epic guided by the hoopoe Solomon, birds, metaphor for the soul, go in search of the Supreme Being, Simurgh, a mythical bird, visible manifestation of the Divine. Beyond Seven Valleys, Desire, Love, Knowledge, Fullness, of Oneness, of perplexity, of Destitution and Annihilation, only thirty birds reach the end of the road. Simurgh they find in the reflection of themselves (if morgh means “thirty birds" in Persian) as the deity, invisible reality manifests itself in the heart, mirror of the soul. Birds souls understand when he must destroy himself, die to be reborn, to become nothing to become everything. It is a story of initiation by excellence: everyone can see in birds reflects itself through the prism of their own experiences, personal and intimate quests. It was this masterpiece of implementing a new translation, in verse, by which his breath and musicality manages to make this spiritual ascension bright, vibrant and universal.