Question

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. (15[1])That story (-5[1])is part of a collection in this language which translates to Five Jewels. (-5[1])A poem written (-5[1])in this language begins by instructing (*) “Awake” because morning (-5[1])has put “the Stars to Flight.” In an epic in this language, (10[1])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, (10[1])was also (10[1])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 (10[1])to write the Rubaiyat. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Farsi [accept Persian] (The Five Jewels, or Panj Ganj, is by Nizami.)
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2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%0%25%123.75
2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y1100%0%0%73.00
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