{"id":546,"date":"2013-03-01T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T06:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=546"},"modified":"2014-07-24T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T15:44:31","slug":"ibn-arabi-her-words-bring-me-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/03\/01\/ibn-arabi-her-words-bring-me-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibn &#8216;Arabi-Her words bring me to life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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\/AekyPXfKQEg?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 class=\"p1\">\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\/tjsyv4Lcgoo?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Translation (sung portion in\u00a0<strong>bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p>On the day of parting they did not saddle the full-grown\u00a0reddish-white camels until they had mounted the\u00a0peacocks upon them,<\/p>\n<p>Peacocks with murderous glances and sovereign power :\u00a0thou wouldst fancy that each of them was a Bilqis on\u00a0her throne of pearls.<\/p>\n<p>When she walks on the glass pavement l thou seest a sun\u00a0on a celestial sphere in the bosom of Idris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When she kills with her glances, her speech restores to life, as tho&#8217; she, in giving life thereby, were Jesus.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The smooth surface of her legs is (like) the Torah in brightness, and I follow it and tread in its footsteps as tho&#8217; I were Moses.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>She is a bishopess, one of the daughters of Rome, unadorned: thou seest in her a radiant Goodness.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wild is she, none can tame her; she has gotten in her solitary chamber a mausoleum for remembrance.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>She has baffled everyone who is learned in our religion, every student of the Psalms of David, every Jewish doctor, and every Christian priest.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>If with a gesture she demands the Gospel, thou wouldst deem us to be priests and patriarchs and deacons.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The day when they departed on the road, I prepared for war the armies of my patience, host after host.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When my soul reached the throat (i.e. when I was at\u00a0the point of death), I besought that Beauty and that\u00a0Grace to grant me relief,<\/p>\n<p>And she yielded, may God preserve us from her evil,\u00a0and may the victorious king repel Iblis !<\/p>\n<p>I exclaimed, when her she-camel set out to depart, &#8220;driver of the reddish-white camels, do not drive\u00a0them away with her!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>translation from R.A. Nicholson&#8217;s edition of the <em>Tarjuman al-ashwaq<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0627 \u0631\u062d\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0632\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u0633\u0627 &#8212; \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0648\u0642\u062f \u062d\u0645\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u0641\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0648\u0627\u0648\u064a\u0633\u0627<br \/>\n\u0645\u0646 \u0643\u0644 \u0641\u0627\u062a\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0638 \u0645\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0629 &#8212; \u062a\u062e\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0627 \u0641\u0648\u0642 \u0639\u0631\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631 \u0628\u0644\u0642\u064a\u0633\u0627<br \/>\n\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0634\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0635\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0632\u062c\u0627\u062c \u062a\u0631\u0649&#8212; \u0634\u0645\u0633\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u0644\u0643 \u0641\u064a \u062d\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u062f\u0631\u064a\u0633\u0627<br \/>\n<strong>\u062a\u064f\u062d\u064a\u064a \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0642\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0640\u0644\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u062d\u0640\u0638\u0650 , \u0645\u064e\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0637\u0650\u0642\u064e\u0647\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u0643\u0623\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u064a\u064a \u0628\u0647\u0650 \u0639\u0650\u064a\u0633\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0649<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u062a\u064e\u0648\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064f\u0647\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0648\u062d\u064f \u0633\u0640\u0640\u0627\u0642\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0633\u0640\u0640\u0646\u0627\u064b , \u0648\u0623\u0646\u0627<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0623\u062a\u0644\u0648 \u0648 \u0623\u062f\u0631\u064f\u0633\u064f\u0647\u0627 \u0643\u0623\u0646\u0651\u0646\u064a \u0645\u064f\u0648\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0649<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0623\u064f\u0633\u0652\u0640\u0642\u064f\u0641\u064e\u0629 \u064c \u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0646\u0640\u0640\u0627\u062a\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u0648\u0645\u0650 \u0639\u0627\u0637\u0650\u0640\u0644\u0629 \u064c<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u062a\u064e\u0631\u0649 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0646\u0627\u0645\u0648\u0633\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0648\u062d\u0634\u0640\u064a\u0651\u0629 \u064c \u0645\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0627 \u0623\u064f\u0646\u0652\u0633\u064c \u0642\u062f \u0627\u062a\u064e\u0651\u062e\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0630\u064e\u062a\u0652<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u062a\u0650 \u062e\u064e\u0644\u0648\u062a\u0650\u0647\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0630\u0651\u0643\u0631 \u0646\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064f\u0648\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0642\u0640\u062f \u0623\u0639\u0640\u062c\u064e\u0640\u0632\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u0643\u0640\u0644\u0651 \u0639\u0640\u0644\u0627\u0651\u0645\u064d \u0628\u0650\u0645\u0640\u0650\u0644\u0640\u0651\u062a\u0640\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0648\u062f\u0627\u0648\u064f\u062f\u064a\u0651\u0627\u064b , \u0648 \u062d\u0628\u0631\u0627\u064b \u062b\u0645\u064e\u0651 \u0642\u0650\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0651\u064a\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0625\u0646 \u0623\u0648\u0652\u0645\u0623\u062a\u0652 \u062a\u0637\u0644\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062c\u064a\u0644\u064e \u062a\u062d\u0633\u0628\u064f\u0647\u064e\u0627<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u0623\u0642\u0650\u0633\u0651\u0629 \u064b , \u0623\u0648\u0652 \u0628\u0637\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0642\u0627\u064b \u0634\u0645\u0627\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0633\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0627<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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