Round 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 in the sea, which houses a being who will let his freer choose his manner of death. After receiving this man’s glance, the (*) hoopoe (10[1])became his messenger in The Conference of (10[1])the Birds. In a text often named for this man, a woman who calls herself “black, but comely” and “a rose of Sharon, (10[1])a lily of the valleys” urges (10[1])“let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.” This man’s marriage, and the roots of a dynasty named for him, are retold in the Kebra Nagast. For 10 points, Song of Songs is attributed to what wise king? ■END■

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