{"id":2341,"date":"2015-11-27T03:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T08:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2015-11-27T03:52:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T08:52:36","slug":"soft-were-its-sides-and-soft-its-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/11\/27\/soft-were-its-sides-and-soft-its-breeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft were its sides, and soft its breeze&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/11\/27\/soft-were-its-sides-and-soft-its-breeze\/bigmuqarnas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/11\/bigmuqarnas.jpg?fit=500%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,738\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bigmuqarnas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/11\/bigmuqarnas.jpg?fit=500%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/11\/bigmuqarnas.jpg?resize=500%2C738\" alt=\"bigmuqarnas\" width=\"500\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/11\/bigmuqarnas.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/11\/bigmuqarnas.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite recordings of Andausian Sufi music\u2014the beauty of the music is only matched by the beauty of the poetry:<\/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\/tRI33PAJprM?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<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 114\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 114\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">Soft were its sides and soft its breeze,<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and the clouds were\u00a0flashing and thundering,<br \/>\nAnd the raindrops were descending from the crevices of\u00a0the clouds<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 like tears shed by a passionate lover because he is parted from her he loves.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">And drink the pure essence of its wine with its intoxication,<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and listen rapturously to a singer who chanteth there :<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">&#8220;O the pure wine that in Adam&#8217;s time related<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 concerning\u00a0the Garden of Eden an authentic tradition !<br \/>\nVerily, the fair women scattered it from the water of their mouths like musk<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and the virgins bestowed it on us\u00a0without stint.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>trans. by \u00a0R.A. 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