595a

Power of the word! Now she reads the Qur'an and says it is sublime...

A Sufi, a Darfish and the Skeptical Frog

A Splash in the Poem

Have fun! Colour the Froggies!

594d

A frog who thinks she is a swan fallen in love with the scent of the scent of the scent of the Rose.

594c

Now she follows an Owl that follows a Hoopoe that follows a Simurgh... go figure!

594b

We were reading a Persian poem, *The Conference of the Frogs*, when suddenly... SPLASH!!! She fell into it. Tsk tsk.

594a

I would have never thought that my maid, Francesca, would run away with the Sufis...

Zebra, Frogs and DarfishSailing before the Wind

For a Darfish (also spelled Derfish or درویش) see here.

Qalander (Wandering Frog) 4/4

Please, add your Colours to the Froggies!

593d

And soars with the Brothers and with the Sisters!

593c

And then my heart with pleasure glisters...

593b

They whirl upon that inner eye
which is the bliss of solitude...

593a

For oft, when on my leaf I lie
in froggy or in pensive mood...

Sunday's Recipe: A' la Zèbre Figs ;-)

Qalander (Wandering Frog) 3/4

Please, add your Colours to the Froggies!

592d

What wealth the Sufis to me had brought!

592c

I sipped and sipped but little thought...

592b

A Frog-swan could not but be gay
in such a croaking company...

592a

The glasses beside them tinkled but they
outdid the jingling drops in glee...

Sufi Tavern 2

Sufi Tavern 1

Qalander (Wandering Frog) 2/4

Please, add your Colours to the Froggies!

591d

Their whirling hearts in sprightly dance!

591c

Ten thousand saw I at a glance...

591b

They stretched in never ending line
each on its crimson Lily pad...

591a

Continuous as the stars that shine
between Istanbul and Mashhad...