{"id":2381,"date":"2015-12-06T13:40:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T18:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2015-12-19T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T00:41:14","slug":"ibn-arabi-interpreter-of-desires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/12\/06\/ibn-arabi-interpreter-of-desires\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibn &#8216;Arabi: Interpreter of Desires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/12\/06\/ibn-arabi-interpreter-of-desires\/roofarch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" 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=\"roofarch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?fit=584%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?resize=584%2C329\" alt=\"roofarch\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/roofarch.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful recording of Ibn &#8216;Arabi&#8217;s poetry sung in a \u1e25a\u1e0drah:<\/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\/t_pJMn8xFtU?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><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Poem 1:<\/h6>\n<h6>Who will show me her of the dyed fingers? Who will show me her of the honeyed tongue?<\/h6>\n<h6>She is one of the girls with swelling breasts who guard their honour, tender, virgin, and beautiful<\/h6>\n<h6>Full moons over branches: they fear no waning<\/h6>\n<h6>In a garden of my body&#8217;s country is a dove perched on a bough<\/h6>\n<h6>Dying of desire, melting with passion, because that which befell me hath befallen her<\/h6>\n<h6>Mourning for a mate, blaming Time, who shot her unerringly, as he shot me<\/h6>\n<h6>Parted from a neighbor and far from home! Alas, in my time of severance, for my time of union!<\/h6>\n<h6>Who will bring me her who is pleased with my torment? I am helpless because of that with which she is pleased.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poem 2:<\/p>\n<h6>When she looks, she gazes with the deep eye of a young gazelle: to her eye belongs the blackness of\u00a0antimony<\/h6>\n<h6>Her eyes are adorned with languor and deadly magic, her sides are bound with wonder and incomparable beauty<\/h6>\n<h6>A slender one, she loves not that which I love, and she does not fulfill her promises\u00a0with sincerity<\/h6>\n<h6>She let down her braid\u00a0like a black serpent, to frighten her followers<\/h6>\n<h6>By God, I fear not death, my only fear is that I shall die and not see her tomorrow.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poem 3:<\/p>\n<h6>Between &#8216;Adhriyat and Bu\u1e63ra, a maid of fourteen rose in my sight like the full moon<\/h6>\n<h6>She was exalted in majesty above time and transcended it in pride and glory<\/h6>\n<h6>Every full moon, when it reaches perfection, suffers a waning that it may make a complete month,<\/h6>\n<h6>Except this one: for she does not move through the zodiac signs, nor double what is single<\/h6>\n<h6>You are\u00a0a container holding fragrant perfumes, you are\u00a0a meadow of spring\u00a0herbs and flowers<\/h6>\n<h6>Beauty has reached it utmost limit in you, another like you is outside\u00a0the realm of possibility.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From R.A. Nicholson&#8217;s translation of\u00a0<em>Tarjuman al-ashwaq<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/gatewaygarden.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/12\/06\/ibn-arabi-interpreter-of-desires\/gatewaygarden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/12\/gatewaygarden.jpg?fit=500%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,663\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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