PREFACE

I kohl’in al-deen scatter these rose petals before thee that there sweet scented perfume cloaks thee in joyess ecstasy that their soft scent washing o’er thy flesh into pulsating quivers of delight sends thee all those of these poem reading sweet and passionate be the songs of I these words of kohl’in al-deen full of lust and ravishment kohl’in al-deen prince of poets more mellifluous than Hafez more mystical than Rumi more profound than Nizami from his passion arose Hafiz and Jahan Khtun while Rudaki and Makhfi from his
ferment arose lend thy ears to kohl’in al-deen these rose petals adorned with his genius