Packet 8: Tossup 20

In two poems by Rumi, this man asks for forgiveness from a “crooked” object to straighten it and causes a wind that whisks away a gnat. To retrieve an object from this man’s tomb, a prince and a sage cross seven seas in the tale of Buluqiya. An object originally owned by this man encloses a copper jar (15[1])in the sea, (15[2])which houses a (15[1])being who will (15[1])let his (15[1])freer choose (15[3])his manner of death. After (15[2])receiving this man’s glance, the (*) hoopoe (10[1])became (10[1])his (10[1])messenger in The Conference of (10[1])the Birds. (10[2]-5[1])In a text (10[1])often named for this man, (10[1]-5[1])a woman who calls (10[1])herself “black, but comely” and “a rose (10[1])of Sharon, (10[2])a lily (10[2])of the valleys” (10[2])urges (10[1])“let him kiss me (10[1])with the kisses of his mouth.” (10[1])This man’s (10[1])marriage, (10[2])and the roots of a dynasty named for him, (10[2])are retold in the Kebra Nagast. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])Song of Songs is attributed to what wise (10[1])king? ■END■ (10[3])

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