In a work in this language, a creature tells a hero to take a branch from a tamarisk tree to craft an arrow and blind a prince. In a story in this language about a legend from another culture, a poet gets a new nickname after fleeing into the wilderness when he goes mad with love. That story is part of a collection in this language which translates to Five Jewels. A poem written in this language begins by instructing (*) “Awake” because morning has put “the Stars to Flight.” In an epic in this language, a hero is born after the Simurgh instructs his father to perform a Cesarean section. This language, used to write the epic The Book of Kings by Ferdowsi, was also used by a poet wishing for “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou.” For 10 points, name this language used by Omar Khayyam to write the Rubaiyat. ■END■
ANSWER: Farsi [accept Persian] (The Five Jewels, or Panj Ganj, is by Nizami.)
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