{"id":1051,"date":"2013-07-15T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2013-07-23T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T14:22:01","slug":"andalusian-love-songs-shushtari-and-camaron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/15\/andalusian-love-songs-shushtari-and-camaron\/","title":{"rendered":"Andalusian Love songs: Shushtari and Camaron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The poems of the Andalusian Sufi, Abu&#8217;l-Hasan Shushtari (d. 1269) parallel and perhaps indirectly influenced some of my favorite Flamenco lyrics. \u00a0Compare this pair of songs:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nb6YZuLEGyg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"new_selection_block0.6160583193413913\">\n<h2>Your love for me is not a fantasy<\/h2>\n<p>However much they forbid that I love you,<br \/>\nlike a jib\u00a0to the water I will resist.<br \/>\nOnly your tender love I would have for company<br \/>\nI wanted to give you more and more I&#8217;d give you,<\/p>\n<p>Because I know that without you I won&#8217;t live,<br \/>\nbecause wherever you are I will follow,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s why I love you and dream of you.<\/p>\n<p>Your love for me is not fantasy,<br \/>\nthe memory hurts me every day,<br \/>\nI am of your love that abandons me,<br \/>\nand loved me and wanted me.<\/p>\n<p>You and I on the blanket,<br \/>\nyou and I under the moon,<br \/>\nyour dark eyes were glistening<br \/>\nreflecting the tenderness<\/p>\n<p>A love looks strong,<br \/>\nmy heart,<br \/>\nif my eyes didn&#8217;t look at you<br \/>\nevery day<\/p>\n<p>You were something that goes and never comes<br \/>\nand clear was your farewell and clear was my sorrow.<br \/>\nWithout your love, I only love the earth<br \/>\nwithout your love, two minutes is one day,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s why I love you and you take my life.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to hear the voice of the wind<br \/>\nthat brings the sighs that you give,<br \/>\nyour sorrows are like mine,<br \/>\nlike the waves of the ocean<\/p>\n<p>Your love for me is not fantasy,<br \/>\nthe memory hurts me every day,<br \/>\nI am of your love that abandons me,<br \/>\nand loved me and wanted me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"new_selection_block0.6160583193413913\">Translation from:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/tu-amor-para-mi-no-es-fantasia-your-love-me-not-fantasy.html#G4iaKJTCop7MyYsX.99\">http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Original:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"new_selection_block0.549529297510162\">\n<h6>Tu amor para mi no es fantasia<\/h6>\n<h6>Por m\u00e1s que a m\u00ed me quiten que te quiera<br \/>\ncomo el foque al agua remetiera<br \/>\ns\u00f3lo tu amor tendr\u00e9 por compa\u00f1era<br \/>\nque m\u00e1s te quise dar y m\u00e1s te diera,<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Porque s\u00e9 que sin ti yo no vivo,<br \/>\nporque donde t\u00fa est\u00e9s te persigo,<br \/>\npor eso te quiero y sue\u00f1o contigo.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Tu amor para m\u00ed no es fantas\u00eda,<br \/>\nme duele el recuerdo cada d\u00eda,<br \/>\nsoy de tu querer que me abandona,<br \/>\ny me quer\u00eda y me quer\u00eda.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>T\u00fa y yo sobre la manta,<br \/>\nt\u00fa y yo bajo la luna,<br \/>\nbrillaban tus ojos negros<br \/>\nreflejando la ternura.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Fuerte mira un amor,<br \/>\nsentra\u00f1as m\u00edas,<br \/>\nsi no te vieran mis ojos<br \/>\ntodos los d\u00edas.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Fuiste algo que pasa y nunca llega<br \/>\ny claro fue tu adi\u00f3s y clara mi pena.<br \/>\nSin tu amor s\u00f3lo a la tierra quiero<br \/>\nsin tu amor dos minutos es un d\u00eda,<br \/>\npor eso te quiero y me quitas la v\u00eda.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Quisiera escuchar la voz del viento<br \/>\nque trae los suspiros que t\u00fa das,<br \/>\ntus penas son como las m\u00edas,<br \/>\ncomo la ole\u00e1 del mar.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Tu amor para m\u00ed no es fantas\u00eda,<br \/>\nme duele el recuerdo cada d\u00eda,<br \/>\nsoy de tu querer que me abandona,<br \/>\ny me quer\u00eda y me quer\u00eda.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/15\/andalusian-love-songs-shushtari-and-camaron\/alhamra\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alhamra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1053\" title=\"alhamra\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/alhamra.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><strong>Shustari:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>My neglect of you is reprehensible, your love is obligatory<\/h6>\n<h6>my longing is everlasting, and union is elusive<\/h6>\n<h6>On the tablet of my heart, your love has been marked<\/h6>\n<h6>my tears are the ink, and beauty is the writer<\/h6>\n<h6>The reader of my thoughts constantly recites<\/h6>\n<h6>lessons on the signs of the beautiful one<\/h6>\n<h6>My gaze wanders in the heaven of your beauty<\/h6>\n<h6>its penetrating star pierces my mind<\/h6>\n<h6>Talk about others, listening to\u00a0<em>that\u00a0<\/em>is forbidden<\/h6>\n<h6>for all of me is stolen and your beauty is the thief<\/h6>\n<h6>They said to me: repent of loving the one you love<\/h6>\n<h6>so I replied: I repent of my neglect<\/h6>\n<h6>The torments of love are sweet for every lover<\/h6>\n<h6>even if, for another, they are hard and never-ending<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Translation modified from: L.M. Alvarez.\u00a0<em>Abu&#8217;l-Hasan\u00a0Shushtari: Songs of Love and Devotion.\u00a0<\/em>p. 55<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0633\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u0645\u0643\u0631\u0648\u0647\u064c \u0648\u062d\u064f\u0628\u0643\u064e \u0648\u0627\u062c\u0628\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0634\u0648\u0642\u0650\u064a \u0645\u0642\u064a\u0645\u064c \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0644\u064f \u063a\u0627\u0626\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0641\u064a \u0644\u0648\u062d \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0648\u0650\u062f\u064e\u0627\u062f\u0643\u0650 \u0623\u0633\u0637\u0631\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648\u064e\u062f\u0645\u0639\u064a \u0645\u0650\u062f\u0627\u062f\u064c \u0645\u062b\u0644 \u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u062a\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0649\u0621 \u0641\u0643\u0631\u064a \u0644\u0652\u0644\u0645\u062d\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0627\u064b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062f\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0633 \u0622\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0650 \u064a\u0648\u0627\u0638\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0623\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0632\u0650\u0651\u0647\u064f \u0637\u064e\u0631\u0641\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0633\u0645\u0627\u0621 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0645\u0652 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0644\u0650\u062b\u0627\u0642\u0628 \u0630\u0650\u0647\u0646\u064a \u0646\u064e\u062c\u0645\u064f\u0647\u0627 \u0647\u0648 \u062b\u0627\u0642\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u062d\u064e\u062f\u064a\u062b\u064f \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0643\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0645\u0639 \u0639\u0646\u0647\u064f \u0645\u062d\u064e\u0651\u0631\u0645\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0641\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0644\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0648\u0628\u064c \u0648\u062d\u0633\u0646\u0643\u064e \u0633\u0627\u0644\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0646\u064e \u0644\u064a \u062a\u0628\u0652 \u0639\u0646 \u0647\u0648\u0649 \u0645\u0646 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u0628\u064f\u0651\u0647\u064f \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0641\u0642\u0644\u062a\u064f \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u062a\u0627\u0626\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0639\u064e\u0630\u0627\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0648\u0649 \u0639\u0630\u0628\u064c \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0643\u0644 \u0639\u064e\u0627\u0634\u0650\u0642 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0625\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u064e \u0627\u0644\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0635\u0639\u0628\u064c \u0648\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1055\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/15\/andalusian-love-songs-shushtari-and-camaron\/mezquitacallig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig.jpg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mezquitacallig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig.jpg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1055\" title=\"mezquitacallig\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/07\/mezquitacallig.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poems of the Andalusian Sufi, Abu&#8217;l-Hasan Shushtari (d. 1269) parallel and perhaps indirectly influenced some of my favorite Flamenco lyrics. \u00a0Compare this pair of songs: &nbsp; Your love for me is not a fantasy However much they forbid that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/07\/15\/andalusian-love-songs-shushtari-and-camaron\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[620,65686,1],"tags":[65693,65700,139172,65691,110354],"class_list":["post-1051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arabic","category-flamenco","category-uncategorized","tag-arabic-sufi-poetry","tag-camaron-de-la-isla","tag-flamenco","tag-related-poems","tag-shushtari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NI4C-gX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}