Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred Traditions. Anonymous

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       II The Praise of God, the Wonders of God, and His Marvellous Works

       III An Address to God’s Munificence, Holiness and Purity

       IV Hymn of Praise to the Lord of Lords, to the Glory of His Creatures, and to the Prophets

       V How He, the Master of Both Worlds, on the Night of His Celestial Journey Rose From the Bosom of the Earthly Multitude to the Summit of the Divine Unity

       VI A Blessing on the Prophets, the Mediators of the People, with a Prayer of Intercession and a Greeting to His Companions

       VII What Was the Occasion of This Poem and the Arrangement of the Narrative

       VIII Praise of the Pearl of Lordship, the Heaven-great Prince, Whose Pity and Whose Purpose Extend From Heaven to Earth

       IX The Beginning of the Fascinating Narrative and of the Heart-ravishing Fable

       X Description of the Rose’s Beauty in Every Member

       XI The Shah Provides a Teacher for His Daughter Rose

       XII Morning and Evening in the Rose Garden

       XIII The Attendants of the Pure Rose, and a Description of Her Noble Court Service

       XIV How in the Morning the Mirror-holder of the Tender-cheeked Rose Holds the Mirror, and How the Rose is Proud of Her Beauty

       XV The East Wind Finds the Nightingale, and They Discuss the Beauty of the Rose

       XVI The Witty East Wind Counsels the Wandering Nightingale

       XVII How the Lamenting Nightingale Comes to the Garden of the Rose

       XVIII How the Nightingale Entered the Rose Garden Through the Kindly Offices of the Cypress

       XIX How the Wandering Nightingale Alone in the Night Abides With His Sighs and Weeping Till Morning

       XX The Sleepless Nightingale is Tormented in the Dark Night, and Mourns Aloud

       XXI The Nightingale in His Amorous Pain Anxiously Addresses the Radiant Moon

       XXII The Lovesick Nightingale Accosts the Risen Morning in a Clear and Fitting Manner

       XXIII The Desponding Nightingale Addresses the World-adorning Sun, While His Inmost Heart Glows With Ardent Desire

       XXIV The Nightingale, in His Distress, Turns From Sun and Moon and Addresses a Prayer to God

       XXV The Beauteous Rose Hears the Voice of the Nightingale, and While She Feels an Inward Delight in it, She Puts on an Air of Reserve and Disdain

       XXVI The Prudent Narcissus Remonstrates With the Garrulous Nightingale

       XXVII The East Wind Meets the Wandering Nightingale and Brings Him Tidings From the Tender Rose

       XXVIII The Soul-nurturing East Wind Takes Knowledge of the Nightingale and Sees Traces of Pity in the Beauteous Rose

       XXIX Description of the Morning and of the Colloquy of the Lovely Rose With Her Nobles and Chief Men

       XXX The Far-wandering Nightingale Finds No Healing for His Pain, and at Last Writes a Letter to Make Known His Plight

       XXXI The Nightingale Despatches Through the Jasmine the Letter Written Out of the Fullness of His Heart

       XXXII The Dainty Rose Sends Through the Tall Jasmine Sandbach an Answer to the Letter of the Distracted Nightingale

       XXXIII Description of the Night and of the Reproof Which the Treacherous Hyacinth Gave in Answer to the Poor Nightingale

       XXXIV The Insidious Hyacinth, Her Mind Darkened With Envy, Contrives That the Nightingale is Expelled From the Rose Garden

       XXXV The Ruthless Thorn Gives Advice To the Soft-cheeked Rose

       XXXVI The Hard-hearted Thorn Slanders the Lovesick Nightingale Before the Monarch of the Spring

       XXXVII The Wounded Nightingale Sees the Violets, His Companions in Adversity; They Approach Each Other, and the Nightingale is Shut Up in a Cage

       XXXVIII King August Appears in the East and Devastates the Earth

       XXXIX King August Sends the Hot Wind With Fire to the Rose Garden

       XL Samum Arrives at the Town of Rose Garden and Gives to the Monarch of Spring the Message of Fierce King August

       XLI King August Sends His Son as Field Marshal to the City of Rose Garden, and the King of Spring, Unable To Oppose Him, Retires to the Heights

       XLII The Monarch Spring Flees Also From the Peak of the Mountain and Disappears, and the