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Our talk between al-Ḥaditha and al-Karkh recalls to me the…
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
Our talk between al-Ḥaditha and al-Karkh recalls to me the period of youth and its prime.
I said to myself: 'After fifty years, when through long meditation I have become as weak as a young bird,
It recalls to me the neighbourhood of Sal‘ and Ḥájir, and brings to my mind the period of youth and its prime,
And the driving of the camels up hill and down dale, and my kindling fire for them by rubbing the ‘afár and the markh together.'
Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 32
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MLA
al-Arabi, Ibn. “Our talk between al-Ḥaditha and al-Karkh recalls to me the….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/31/.
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al-Arabi, Ibn. “Our talk between al-Ḥaditha and al-Karkh recalls to me the….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/31/.
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