Spotlight: The Long Journey Home

Poet Sholeh Wolpé honors the enduring wisdom of a twelfth-century Sufi epic.
This article is part of Spotlight, a series that features new perspectives on a single work from The Met collection.

Poet Sholeh Wolpé honors the enduring wisdom of Attar’s twelfth-century, Sufi epic, “The Conference of the Birds” (ca. 1600). Through her lauded translation, or recreation, of the poem and a newly developed musical performance, The Seven Valleys, Wolpé brings Attar's story of the search for divine meaning to new audiences.


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