{"id":875,"date":"2013-06-11T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T03:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=875"},"modified":"2022-12-15T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T01:55:13","slug":"you-seek-layla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/06\/11\/you-seek-layla\/","title":{"rendered":"You seek Layla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/06\/11\/you-seek-layla\/beautcircle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?fit=500%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,501\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"beautcircle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?fit=500%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-877\" title=\"beautcircle\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?resize=299%2C300&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/beautcircle.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmisk.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/dsc00277.jpg?w=400&#038;h=600&#038;fit=400%2C600&#038;resize=400%2C600\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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\/zt9YgbLvrQk?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><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\/2J42ty2X9mE?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><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\/OAYyniRPNC8?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>Translation:<\/p>\n<h6>You seek Layla, but she reveals herself within you<\/h6>\n<h6>You think she&#8217;s other, but\u00a0she&#8217;s not other than you<\/h6>\n<h6>And that&#8217;s a madness\u00a0that is apparent to the cult of lovers<\/h6>\n<h6>So be careful, for otherness is the essence of\u00a0being cut off<\/h6>\n<h6>Don&#8217;t you see how her beauty envelops you?<\/h6>\n<h6>She disappears only when you reject part of yourself<\/h6>\n<h6>&#8220;Come close to me,&#8221; you say to she who is your All<\/h6>\n<h6>And when she loves you, she leads you to yourself<\/h6>\n<h6>Meeting her is bliss beyond description<\/h6>\n<h6>and none reach her, save those who see meaning without forms<\/h6>\n<h6>I was so in love with her that I would have vanished in her love<\/h6>\n<h6>had she not sworn that I only obey her<br \/>\nI concealed her from people with fantasy<\/h6>\n<h6>After having revealed her, truly, inside\u00a0my cloak.<br \/>\nI hid her from myself, with the robe of my worlds,<br \/>\nAnd\u00a0from my envy,\u00a0out of the severity of my jealousy<br \/>\nO Dazzling beauty! Should the light of your face<\/h6>\n<h6>Touch the eyes of a blind man, he would see\u00a0every atom<br \/>\nShe is adorned with each and every charm and grace of beauty<br \/>\nAnd wherever she appears, she is desired by those who love.<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7a\/Zag%C3%BC%C3%ADa_de_Ibn_al-Harraq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/06\/moroccanreflection1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/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\/xBqd1mDdxfg?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\" 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