{"id":222,"date":"2012-11-05T02:21:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T07:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=222"},"modified":"2013-03-11T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T03:39:43","slug":"variations-on-a-theme-heaven-and-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/11\/05\/variations-on-a-theme-heaven-and-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Variations on a Theme: Heaven and Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Beloved, this torture and pain<br \/>\nI suffer because I am so addicted to Your Beauty.<br \/>\nPeople ask me whether I prefer Your<br \/>\ncompany to being in heaven.<br \/>\nHeedless fools, what would heaven itself mean<br \/>\nwithout the Friend&#8217;s Presence?<\/p>\n<p>-Abu Sa&#8217;id Abu&#8217;l Khayr\u00a0(trans. Vraje Abramian)<\/p>\n<p>from\u00a0<em>Nobody Son of Nobody<\/em>. \u00a0Hohm Press, 2001<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/U9iw1gMVoO0?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>Selected Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>No hay nadie en este mundo<br \/>\nque te quiera m\u00e1s que yo<br \/>\ndebajo tierra me meto<br \/>\ndonde no me vea ni Dios<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yo no me he muerto de pena<br \/>\nporque no supe sentir<br \/>\ny a mi corto entendimiento<br \/>\nle agradezco al vivir<br \/>\nyo no me he muerto de pena<br \/>\nporque no supe sentir<\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>There&#8217;s no one in the world<\/h6>\n<h6>who loves you more than me<\/h6>\n<h6>I just want to go underground<\/h6>\n<h6>where even God can&#8217;t see me<\/h6>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h6>I have not died of grief<\/h6>\n<h6>Because I could not feel<\/h6>\n<h6>In my short-sightedness,l<\/h6>\n<h6>I am grateful to live<\/h6>\n<h6>I have not died of grief<\/h6>\n<h6>Just because I could not feel<\/h6>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>W<\/strong>hen she looks at me I burn<\/h6>\n<h6>When she turns away I freeze<\/h6>\n<h6>Gaze into her eyes to learn<\/h6>\n<h6>The cause of my disease<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Her beauty overwhelms me<\/h6>\n<h6>I can\u2019t look or turn away<\/h6>\n<h6>This wine is fire from the sea<\/h6>\n<h6>And lightning from the waves<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Just one drop has left me blind<\/h6>\n<h6>And her dark glance is an eclipse<\/h6>\n<h6>Even angels run and hide<\/h6>\n<h6>And earthquakes quiver on her lips<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Her pupils have stolen my mind<\/h6>\n<h6>Her smile makes the stars spin<\/h6>\n<h6>But in her fatal face I find<\/h6>\n<h6>Love\u2019s flames are my true heaven<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Y<\/strong>ou keep dancing on my lips<\/h6>\n<h6>Long, long after we have kissed<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Is what I learn so far from you<\/h6>\n<h6>worth what I forget of us?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>What could I know beside your truth?<\/h6>\n<h6>What\u2019s all I earn beside your trust?<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Heaven is to sit beside you<\/h6>\n<h6>Your bedside\u2019s where love quickens dust<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Where the lips of dawn and dusk<\/h6>\n<h6>Catch the moon and make her blush<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Beloved, this torture and pain I suffer because I am so addicted to Your Beauty. People ask me whether I prefer Your company to being in heaven. 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