{"id":1281,"date":"2014-03-13T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T15:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2014-03-13T22:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:45:20","slug":"if-you-are-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/13\/if-you-are-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are sweet&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my favorite verses of poetry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/13\/if-you-are-sweet\/untitled\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?fit=717%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"717,494\" 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=\"Untitled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?fit=584%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1283\" title=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?resize=459%2C316\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg?resize=435%2C300&amp;ssl=1 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>The captive prince Abu Firas Hamadani penned this plea<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0to his cousin,<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> the famous Sayf al-Dawla.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The latter, however, didn&#8217;t ransom the poet,<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> leaving him imprisoned for years\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">to write some of the most beautiful poetry (collected as the R\u016bmiy\u0101t) of a language of incredible poets. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Maybe Sayf liked his cousin&#8217;s poetry more than he liked having him back&#8230;<\/span><\/h6>\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\/I5OncBp5oVA?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><\/h6>\n<h6>In any event, as often happens with poetry of exceptional beauty that strikes a universal chord,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">these verses were adopted by the Sufis and attributed to various saintly figures, demonstrating the unity and universality of Love and longing in all its forms.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Translation:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>As long as you&#8217;re sweet, let life be bitter<\/h6>\n<h6>As long as you&#8217;re pleased, let all men be wroth<\/h6>\n<h6>As long as there&#8217;s a bond between me and you<\/h6>\n<h6>Let all between me and the worlds be in ruins<\/h6>\n<h6>If truly you love me, then all things are easy<\/h6>\n<h6>And let all that&#8217;s over the dust, be dust<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/13\/if-you-are-sweet\/stonehenge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg?fit=471%2C699&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"471,699\" 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=\"stonehenge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg?fit=471%2C699&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1284\" title=\"stonehenge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg?resize=377%2C559\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Original:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>\u0641\u0644\u064a\u062a\u0643 \u062a\u062d\u0644\u0648 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 \u0645\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0629\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0644\u064a\u062a\u0643 \u062a\u0631\u0636\u0649 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0627\u0645 \u063a\u0636\u0627\u0628<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>\u0648\u0644\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646\u0643 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u0631\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u062e\u0631\u0627\u0628<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>\u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0635\u062d \u0645\u0646\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u062f \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0644 \u0647\u064a\u0646 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0641\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u062a\u0631\u0627\u0628<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2014\/03\/stonehenge.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my favorite verses of poetry&#8230; &nbsp; The captive prince Abu Firas Hamadani penned this plea\u00a0to his cousin, the famous Sayf al-Dawla.\u00a0The latter, however, didn&#8217;t ransom the poet, leaving him imprisoned for years\u00a0to write some of the most beautiful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2014\/03\/13\/if-you-are-sweet\/\">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_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],"tags":[65693],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arabic","tag-arabic-sufi-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NI4C-kF","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","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=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}