Conference of the Birds
Sufi poem XII century, describing the Sufi path of illumination through an allegory:
the search of the birds of the world for their king.
"You, who are given over to pride, who are swallowed up in self-pity, you do well to be disturbed. Seeing that the world passes, you yourself should pass it by. Abandon it, for whoever becomes identified with transient things can have no part in the things that are lasting. The sufferings you endure can be made glorious and not humiliating. That which in outward appearance is suffering can be a treasure to the seer. A hundred blessing will come to you if you make effort on the Path. But as you are, you are only a skin covering a dull brain."
~ Farid Ud-Din Attar
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