{"id":2853,"date":"2017-09-07T21:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T02:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2017-09-07T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T03:00:09","slug":"shustari-if-loving-you-is-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2017\/09\/07\/shustari-if-loving-you-is-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Shustari-If Loving You Is Wrong&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spainisculture.com\/export\/sites\/cultura\/multimedia\/galerias\/destinos_principales\/reales_alcazares_sevilla_t4.jpg_1306973099.jpg?w=584\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Shushtari<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>My neglect of you is reprehensible, while your love is a duty<\/h6>\n<h6>my longing is everlasting, while union is elusive<\/h6>\n<h6>On the tablet of my heart, your love has been marked<\/h6>\n<h6>my tears are the ink, and beauty is the writer<\/h6>\n<h6>The reader of my thoughts constantly recites<\/h6>\n<h6>lessons on the signs of the beautiful one<\/h6>\n<h6>My gaze wanders in the heaven of your beauty<\/h6>\n<h6>its penetrating star pierces my mind<\/h6>\n<h6>Talk about others, listening to\u00a0<em>that\u00a0<\/em>is forbidden<\/h6>\n<h6>for all of me is stolen and your beauty is the thief<\/h6>\n<h6>They said to me: repent of loving your beloved<\/h6>\n<h6>so I replied: I repent of my neglect<\/h6>\n<h6>The torments of love are sweet for every lover<\/h6>\n<h6>even if, for another, they are hard and never-ending<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Translation modified from: L.M. Alvarez.\u00a0<em>Abu\u2019l-Hasan\u00a0Shushtari: Songs of Love and Devotion.\u00a0<\/em>p. 55<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Original:<\/h6>\n<p>\u0633\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u0645\u0643\u0631\u0648\u0647\u064c \u0648\u062d\u064f\u0628\u0643\u064e \u0648\u0627\u062c\u0628\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0634\u0648\u0642\u0650\u064a \u0645\u0642\u064a\u0645\u064c \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0644\u064f \u063a\u0627\u0626\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0641\u064a \u0644\u0648\u062d \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0648\u0650\u062f\u064e\u0627\u062f\u0643\u0650 \u0623\u0633\u0637\u0631\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648\u064e\u062f\u0645\u0639\u064a \u0645\u0650\u062f\u0627\u062f\u064c \u0645\u062b\u0644 \u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u062a\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0649\u0621 \u0641\u0643\u0631\u064a \u0644\u0652\u0644\u0645\u062d\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0627\u064b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062f\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0633 \u0622\u064a\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0650 \u064a\u0648\u0627\u0638\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0623\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0632\u0650\u0651\u0647\u064f \u0637\u064e\u0631\u0641\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0633\u0645\u0627\u0621 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0645\u0652 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0644\u0650\u062b\u0627\u0642\u0628 \u0630\u0650\u0647\u0646\u064a \u0646\u064e\u062c\u0645\u064f\u0647\u0627 \u0647\u0648 \u062b\u0627\u0642\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u062d\u064e\u062f\u064a\u062b\u064f \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0643\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0645\u0639 \u0639\u0646\u0647\u064f \u0645\u062d\u064e\u0651\u0631\u0645\u064c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0641\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0644\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0648\u0628\u064c \u0648\u062d\u0633\u0646\u0643\u064e \u0633\u0627\u0644\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0646\u064e \u0644\u064a \u062a\u0628\u0652 \u0639\u0646 \u0647\u0648\u0649 \u0645\u0646 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u0628\u064f\u0651\u0647\u064f \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0641\u0642\u0644\u062a\u064f \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u062a\u0627\u0626\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>\u0639\u064e\u0630\u0627\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0648\u0649 \u0639\u0630\u0628\u064c \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0643\u0644 \u0639\u064e\u0627\u0634\u0650\u0642 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0625\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u064e \u0627\u0644\u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0635\u0639\u0628\u064c \u0648\u0648\u0627\u0635\u0628\u064f<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5817\/21081074803_18f1d2a45f_z.jpg?w=584&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Bill Withers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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