{"id":1944,"date":"2015-03-20T23:34:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2015-03-23T23:09:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T04:09:06","slug":"how-many-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/03\/20\/how-many-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"How many nights&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/03\/20\/how-many-nights\/radha-under-the-moon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg?fit=1000%2C1485&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1485\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"radha under the moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg?fit=584%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon-690x1024.jpg?resize=584%2C867\" alt=\"radha under the moon\" width=\"584\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg?resize=690%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/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\/pT8xZkGhZoc?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<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>By God, how many nights I have spent<\/h6>\n<h6>in the sweetness of life,\u00a0apart from the watchman<\/h6>\n<h6>Drinking my wine with the beloved as my companion<\/h6>\n<h6>as the glasses of love&#8217;s joys go &#8217;round<\/h6>\n<h6>I reached by goal, beyond whatever I had hoped<\/h6>\n<h6>Longing, though it be perfect, for this pleasure to stay with me forever<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1946\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/03\/20\/how-many-nights\/loversinagarden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg?fit=500%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,745\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"loversinagarden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg?fit=500%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg?resize=500%2C745\" alt=\"loversinagarden\" width=\"500\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/loversinagarden.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/hookah-under-the-blankets.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/radha-under-the-moon.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Original:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u0644\u0650\u0644\u0651\u0647\u0650\u060c \u0643\u064e\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u0644\u064e\u064a\u0644\u064e\u0629 \u064d \u0642\u062f \u0642\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0639\u062a\u064f\u0647\u0627 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0628\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0630\u0651\u0629 \u0650 \u0639\u064a\u0634\u064d\u060c 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Khusrau<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Translation:<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Many nights I was with a moon, where have all those nights gone?<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Night has come again, but now it&#8217;s black from the smoke of my cries<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Happy where the nights I spent with her, sometimes drunk, sometimes giddy<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">My world goes dark when I remember those nights<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">I repeat the tale of her eyebrows and lashes over and over again<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">just like children reciting the surah of &#8220;Nun wa qalam&#8221; at school<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">What would happen if one night she asked a lonely stranger beneath her walls<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">how he\u00a0passes these\u00a0lonely nights?<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Come, you who are the life of every form,<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">let lovers\u2014forms without life\u2014live again in your alley<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Even though you&#8217;ve taken my heart and soul, look at me<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">See how nicely that smile came from those lips into these eyes<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">Don&#8217;t grieve for your life Khusrau, though the Friend slays you<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left\">For the beautiful faced ones have so many sects that act like this.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/03\/20\/how-many-nights\/hookah-under-the-blankets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/03\/hookah-under-the-blankets.jpg?fit=806%2C1334&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"806,1334\" 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