{"id":1080,"date":"2013-08-09T01:36:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T06:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2015-08-02T01:45:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T06:45:35","slug":"ah-layla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/08\/09\/ah-layla\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah Layla&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there are many great poems about Layla, I&#8217;ve never read anything better than these two little gems from Shushtari&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/2maghribwindow.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2maghribwindow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/2maghribwindow-300x274.png?resize=300%2C274\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/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\/mOH_ONDfrE8?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<h6>Translation:<\/h6>\n<h6>Layla robbed me of my reason<\/h6>\n<h6>I said, O Layla, have mercy on [those you have] slain<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Her love is hidden<\/h6>\n<h6>enshrined in my bones<\/h6>\n<h6>O you who are entranced by her<\/h6>\n<h6>Humble yourself in her love<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>I am mad with love for her<\/h6>\n<h6>and for her, I am a slave<\/h6>\n<h6>Hey, you blaming hater<\/h6>\n<h6>Lay off me for a while<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>I camped out on her doorstep<\/h6>\n<h6>and knocked at the door<\/h6>\n<h6>I asked the doorman,<\/h6>\n<h6>&#8220;Will I ever see union with her?&#8221;<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>He said to me, &#8220;My friend,<\/h6>\n<h6>Her dowry is your soul.<\/h6>\n<h6>How many lovers<\/h6>\n<h6>Have come to the point of loving death.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>O lover<\/h6>\n<h6>If you are sincere<\/h6>\n<h6>Leave behind all else<\/h6>\n<h6>then you will win union [with her]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/maghribarchessteps.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"maghribarchessteps\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/maghribarchessteps-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0633\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0628\u062a\u0652 \u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u0650\u0651\u0646\u064a 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\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0634\u0650\u0642\u0652 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0625\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u0646\u062a \u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642\u0652<br \/>\n\u0644\u0644\u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0642\u0652 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u062a\u063a\u062a\u0646\u0645\u0652 \u0648\u0635\u0644\u0627<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/gildeddoor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"gildeddoor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/gildeddoor-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>There is no life but Layla<\/h6>\n<h6>Ask her, whenever you have doubts about anything<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Her mystery flows through everything<\/h6>\n<h6>so everything inclines towards her<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Whoever witnesses the secret of her beauty says<\/h6>\n<h6>that it is everywhere, but its fullness is hidden<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>She is like the sun, her light radiant<\/h6>\n<h6>but when you seek it, it retreats<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>She is like the mirror in which forms appear<\/h6>\n<h6>reflected, but nothing inheres therein<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>She is like the eye that has no colour,<\/h6>\n<h6>yet all colours appear therein<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Her way is right, even if it is suffering<\/h6>\n<h6>and she has a proof of this in the lifting of the veil<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Her tyranny is just, as for her justice<\/h6>\n<h6>it is grace, so seek more from her, my brother<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>There&#8217;s no one but her in her meadow<\/h6>\n<h6>and so she alone is called on<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>A wonder: she stays distant, nowhere to be found<\/h6>\n<h6>then union with her draws near, hands full<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>And union brings us fullness,<\/h6>\n<h6>and distance from her, separation: both states are mine<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>In union, there&#8217;s no difference between us<\/h6>\n<h6>in separation, I am confused<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>In her clothes, her enigma is displayed<\/h6>\n<h6>for she has a mirror in everything<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>She unveiled one day for Qays and he swooned<\/h6>\n<h6>saying: O people, I loved no other<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0I am Layla and She is Qays. So marvel!<\/h6>\n<h6>How is it that what I seek comes from me to me?<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/arches.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/08\/09\/ah-layla\/arches\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/08\/arches.jpg?fit=426%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"426,640\" 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=\"arches\" 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