{"id":2894,"date":"2018-03-16T21:33:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2018-03-16T21:52:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:52:17","slug":"near-and-far-fana-and-baqa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2018\/03\/16\/near-and-far-fana-and-baqa\/","title":{"rendered":"Near and Far, Fan\u0101’ and Baq\u0101’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collection of verses from West African poets on the theme…<\/p>\n

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The first is said to have been improvised extemporaneously by Ab\u016b Is\u1e25\u0101q Ibr\u0101h\u012bm ibn Ya’q\u016bb al-K\u0101nem\u012b (from Kanem in contemporary Northeastern Nigeria) upon his visit to the Almohad Sultan Ab\u016b Y\u016bsuf Ya’q\u016bb al-Man\u1e63\u016br (d. 1199) in Marrakech. The Nigerian poet composed and recited these verse on the spot upon entering the Sultan’s presence:<\/p>\n

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He removed his veil, but out of awe, my eyes still saw him through a veil<\/h5>\n
His favour drew me near, but out of awe, found myself distant in this nearness.<\/h5>\n

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Original:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0644 \u062d\u062c\u0627\u0628\u0647 \u0639\u0646\u0651\u064a \u0648\u0639\u064a\u0646\u064a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u062a\u0631\u0627\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0647\u0627\u0628\u062a \u0641\u064a \u062d\u062c\u0627\u0628\u064a<\/p>\n

\u0648\u0642\u0631\u0651\u0628\u0646\u064a \u062a\u0641\u0636\u0651\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0644\u0627\u0643\u0646\u00a0 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u062a \u0645\u0647\u0627\u0628\u062a\u0627\u064b \u0639\u0646\u062f \u0625\u0642\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0628\u064a<\/p>\n

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See this post <\/a>for more on this theme and its symbolism…<\/p>\n

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The second is from a contemporary Tij\u0101n\u012b scholar from Mauritania:<\/p>\n

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I was annihilated in love for him and I subsisted until<\/h5>\n
I was annihilated from that annihilation and from subsistence as well.<\/h5>\n

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-Muhammad Ould Shaykh ‘Abd Allah<\/h5>\n

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Original:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u0641\u0646\u064a\u062a \u0628\u062d\u0628\u0647 \u0648 \u0628\u0642\u064a\u062a \u062d\u062a\u0649\u00a0 \u00a0 \u0641\u0646\u064a\u062a \u0639\u0646\u00a0 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0642\u0627\u0621<\/p>\n

-\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648\u0644\u062f \u0634\u064a\u062e \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/p>\n

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As is this last set of verses:<\/p>\n

I love the the sun when it appears, since it reminds me of the appearance of matchless love<\/h5>\n
And no star is seen when she comes forth, either from above or from below<\/h5>\n
And so, O Maya, you have appeared in the eye of my heart, and everything other than you has disappeared<\/h5>\n
So I see you in whatever is not you, and I don\u2019t see other than you whenever I see you<\/h5>\n

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\u2014Shaykh<\/i>\u00a0Manna Abba \u201cShaykh\u0101n\u012b\u201d\u00a0wuld Mu\u1e25ammad al-\u1e6culb\u0101, (modified from the translation by Mu\u1e63\u1e6daf\u0101 Okon-Briggs)<\/p>\n

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Original:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0623\u062d\u0628\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u0645\u0633 \u062a\u0637\u0647\u0631 \u0627\u0630 \u062a\u062d\u0627\u0643\u064a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0638\u0647\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0628\u0651 \u0645\u0646 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0634\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0643<\/h6>\n
\u0641\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u062c\u0645 \u064a\u0644\u0648\u062d \u0645\u062a\u0649 \u062a\u0628\u062f\u0651\u062a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0644\u0648 \u0645\u0646 \u063a\u0641\u0631\u0629 \u0623\u0648 \u0645\u0646 \u0633\u0645\u0627\u0643<\/h6>\n
\u0643\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u0627\u0645\u0649\u0651 \u0623\u0646\u062a \u0644\u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064a\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0638\u0647\u0631\u062a \u0641\u0639\u0627\u0628 \u0639\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0643<\/h6>\n
\u0623\u0631\u0627\u0643 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0643 \u0641\u064a\u0647\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u0648\u0644\u0633\u062a\u0623\u0631\u0649 \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0643 \u0645\u062a\u0649 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u0643<\/h6>\n

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from:\u00a0https:\/\/floodplains.tumblr.com\/tagged\/madh<\/p>\n

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Original:<\/p>\n

Your beauty’s burned my vision black<\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I’ve stared into the sun too long<\/h6>\n
and when my sight comes blinking back<\/h6>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 all things your face appears upon<\/h6>\n

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