The Mind
Come, let us with the naked Night now rest
Translated by Ameen Rihani (1918) · From The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1918)
The Mind
Come, let us with the naked Night now rest
And read in Allah's Book the sonnet best:
The Pleiads--ah, the Moon from them departs,--
She draws her veil and hastens toward the west.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Come, let us with the naked Night now rest.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/5/.
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al-Ma'arri, Abu al-Ala. “Come, let us with the naked Night now rest.” Translated by Ameen Rihani. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/al-maarri/5/.
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