Joy has come and sorrow has gone; The donkey’s gone, the donkey’s gone
A story teaching a lesson, taken from the book, “Rumi Stories for Young Adults from the Mathnawi”, translated and adapted by Muhammad Nur Abdus Salam.
Stories
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot
Here is another story, The Merchant and his Clever Parrot, from Rumi‘s Masnavi.
A farmer and his son (A traditional Sufi story)
Many years ago, in a poor Chinese village, there lived a farmer and his son. His only material possession, apart from the land and a small hut, was a horse he had inherited from his father.
The Oilman and his Parrot
This story, The Oilman and the Parrot has been taken from The Masnavi, or Masnavi-I Ma’navi by Rumi.