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"The Conference of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Mantiqu 't-Tayr, 1177) is a book of poems in Persian by Farid ud-Din Attar of approximately 4500 lines. The poem's plot is as follows: the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. It is an allegory of the quest for God (The Simorgh). The hoopoe respresents a sufi master and each of the other birds represents a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment. When the group of thirty birds finally reach the dwelling place of the Simorgh, all they find is a lake in which they see their own reflection.

Besides being one of the most celebrated examples of Persian poetry, this book relies on a clever word play between the words Simorgh – a mysterious bird in Iranian mythology which is a symbol often found in sufi literature, and similar to the phoenix bird – and "si morgh" – meaning "thirty birds" in Persian.

It was in China, late one moonless night,
The Simorgh first appeared to mortal sight –
He let a feather float down through the air,
And rumours of its fame spread everywhere;

Its most famous section is:

Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw:
Rays that have wander'd into Darkness wide
Return and back into your Sun subside"

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SIMORGH by ~najafi Lovely example of contemporary modern sculpture. Beautiful form, shape and texture. ( Featured by `LabyrinthCreations )
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~Yagamiseven May 2, 2012
cool
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~najafi May 4, 2012
Thanks!
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~Ragnar949 Mar 22, 2012  Professional General Artist
Very, very nice.
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~najafi Mar 25, 2012
Thanks a lot ...
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Mood: Love ~aragraphic Feb 12, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow. There is a strong story behind your work. I see the story in a abstraction way. Good job and keep on working man.

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~najafi Feb 13, 2012
Thank so much=)
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~gecko-online Feb 12, 2012
congratulations for the well deserved DD! wonderfful piece! stay well! ;-)

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~najafi Feb 13, 2012
Thank so much for your comment=)
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~gecko-online Feb 18, 2012
very welcome! ;-)

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*Angie-Pictures Feb 9, 2012
Beautiful work! Congratulations on the DD! :iconflowerheartplz:

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