The Conference of the Birds Het witste woord Deriving its terrain from the

Deriving its terrain from the classroom and the open road

Is dit een vrolijke tijd

of being in dialogue

overflowing and flowering

The Conference of the Birds Het witste woord Deriving its terrain from theAttar, translation Sholeh Wolp Composed in the twelfth century in north eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the