Ruba'iyat of Abu Sa'id

RUBA'IYAT OF ABU SA'ID Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Abu Sa'id ibn Abi 'l-Khair (968-1049) was a Perfect Master and a poet who lived in Nishapur and composed mainly ruba'is, over 800 of them (here, 400 are translated). He was a founder of Sufi poetry and a major influence on the ruba'i and most poets that followed, especially Sana'i, Nizami, 'Attar, Rumi and Hafiz. Here are 400 of his poems translated into the correct form. Included in the Introduction are the life of Abu Sa'id a...