Parable of the Parrot which is taught to speak by seeing its image in a mirror
The Puppies that barked before they were born
The People of Zarwán
The Creation of Adam
The illusion of causes
Death and Resurrection
The infinite mercy of God
The Story of Ayáz
Laylá and Majnún
The Ascetic and his jealous Wife
The repentance of Nasúh
The Fox and the Ass
The Ass that envied the Arab horses
The Ascetic who made trial of his trust in God
Parable of the Camel
The effeminate Youth
The Man who was afraid of being taken for an Ass
Shaykh Muhammad Sar-razí of Ghazna
The Disciple in dreadof hunger
The Cow in the green Island
The Christian ascetic who went about with a lamp in the day-time
Debate between a Moslem and a Magian on the subject of free-will
The Dervish who reproached God
The beauty of Laylá
A story of Júhí
The Infidel and Báyazíd
The Muezzin with the harsh voice
The Cat and the Meat
The Amír and the Ascetic
Ziyá-yi Dalq and his Brother
Dalqak's game of Chess with the Sháh of Tirmid
The Prophet on Mount Hirá
The World that is living, speaking, and hearing
The Guest who took offence and departed
A Father's advice to his married Daughter
The cowardly Súfí
‘Iyádí and the Greater Warfare
The Man who tormented his Carnal Soul
The Caliph and the Captain
The Magicians of Pharaoh
Book VIedit
Preface (in prose)
Proem
The Bird on the City-wall
The temptation of Free-will
The Hindu Slave and his Master’s daughter
The Thief who put out the light
The Story of Ayáz (continued)
The Fowler and the Bird
The Man whose Ram was stolen
The Watchman who cried out after the Robbers had gone
The Lover who fell asleep
The Turkish Amír and the Minstrel
‘A’isha and the Blind Man
“Die before ye die”
A Poet's rebuke to the Shí’ites of Aleppo
Parable of the Ant
The Man who gave the drum-call for breakfast at midnight
The Story of Bilál
The Story of Hilál
The Horse that went backward
Mohammed and Jesus
The ugly old Hag who wanted a Husband
The Dervish and the Man of Gílán
The Beggar and the House where nothing could be got
The Man who was desperately ill, and the Story of the Súfi and the Cadi
Sultan Mahmud and the Hindú Boy
The Turk and the Tailor
The Fakir and the Hidden Treasure
Shaykh Abu ‘l-Hasan Kharraqáni and his Disciple
Man the vicegerent of God
The Three Travellers and the sweetmeat
The Camel, the Ox, and the Ram
Dalqak and the King of Tirmid
The Mouse and the Frog
Sultan Mahmúd and the Night-thieves
The Sea-cow and the Pearl
‘Abdu ‘l-Ghawth and the Peris
The insolvent Dervish and the Police Inspector of Tabríz
Ja’far-i Tayyár's irresistible attack on a fortress
Parable of the man who sees double
The Khwárizmsháh and the beautiful Horse
The imprisonment of Joseph
The Three Princes who fell in love with the portrait of the Princess of China
The Sadr-i Jahán of Bukhárá and the Jurist
Story of two Brothers
The King who forced a learned Doctor to drink wine with him
Imra’u ‘l-Qays and the King of Tabúk
The Man who dreamed of a Hidden Treasure
The Cadi and the Wife of Júhí
The Prophet and ‘Alí
Hell and the true Believer
The Story of Nimrod
The miracles of Shaybán Rá’í
The Man who left his property to the laziest of his three Sons
Parable of the Child and the Bogle
Referencesedit
The Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rumi, edited from the oldest manuscripts available, with critical notes, translation and commentary by Reynold A. Nicholson, in 8 volumes, London: Messrs Luzac & Co., 1925-1940. Contains the text in Persian. First complete English translation of the Mathnawí.