Love
Three full moons
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
Love
Three full moons, unadorned by any ornament, went forth to at-Tan‘ím with veiled faces.
They unveiled shining faces like suns and cried with a loud voice 'Labbayka', visiting the holy shrines.
And they approached, walking slowly as the qaṭá birds walk, in gowns of striped Yemen cloth.
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Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 35
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al-Arabi, Ibn. “Three full moons.” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/34/.
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al-Arabi, Ibn. “Three full moons.” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/34/.
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