John Lang and Sadi of Shiraz.(General Notes) M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia | November 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Mulini Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

A few years ago the Mulini Published a small group of poems translated from the Persian written in the 13th century by Sadi of Shiraz. They were called the Rose Garden and were translated by John Lang who was a superb linguist fluent in Hindi Latin, Greek, French and German to name but a few of his languages. The tales written in verse are an amusing collection.

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