Narrative poem · 1882
Yusuf and Zulaikha
Verse translation
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1882)
Jami's Persian romance of the Qur'anic story of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zulaikha, the wife of the Egyptian vizier who falls in love with him, followed from her dreams and long pining, through his temptation, imprisonment and rise, to her repentance and the restoring of her youth.
Contents · 63 parts
- Prologue26 lines
- Invocation52 lines
- The Creator54 lines
- Praise of God26 lines
- Prayer for Aid52 lines
- Praise of the Prophet62 lines
- Beauty76 lines
- Love62 lines
- Speech71 lines
- The Vision of Adam64 lines
- Yusufabout 130 lines
- Zulaikhaabout 140 lines
- The First Vision68 lines
- Love’s Longing88 lines
- Suspicionsabout 160 lines
- The Second Visionabout 150 lines
- The Third Visionabout 120 lines
- The Suitors86 lines
- The Ambassadorabout 120 lines
- The Departureabout 120 lines
- The Welcome54 lines
- Despair94 lines
- The Reception94 lines
- Piningabout 150 lines
- Envy52 lines
- Yusuf’s Dream78 lines
- The Plot50 lines
- Deceit66 lines
- The Wellabout 140 lines
- The Caravan82 lines
- The King60 lines
- The Bath79 lines
- Recognition74 lines
- The Slave-Marketabout 110 lines
- Bazighaabout 170 lines
- Love’s Service91 lines
- Sympathy74 lines
- The Shepherd50 lines
- Love Repelled90 lines
- Questionings70 lines
- The Messenger88 lines
- Excusesabout 110 lines
- The Gardenabout 110 lines
- The Slave-Girlsabout 110 lines
- Fresh Counsel78 lines
- The Palace74 lines
- In the Palaceabout 160 lines
- Flightabout 260 lines
- The False Chargeabout 120 lines
- The Infant Witness82 lines
- The Women of Memphisabout 210 lines
- Threatsabout 120 lines
- Imprisonmentabout 150 lines
- Repentanceabout 160 lines
- The Visit to the Prisonabout 120 lines
- The Palace-Roofabout 120 lines
- Fellow-Prisoners73 lines
- The King’s Visionabout 150 lines
- Releaseabout 110 lines
- The Blind Widowabout 150 lines
- The Cottage of Reedsabout 100 lines
- The Convertabout 110 lines
- Youth Restoredabout 120 lines