Love
The dearest place on God's earth to me after Ṭayba and…
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
The dearest place on God's earth to me after Ṭayba and Mecca and the Farther Temple is the city of Baghdán.
How should I not love the (City of) Peace, since I have there an Imám who is the guide of my religion and my reason and my faith?
’Tis the home of a daughter of Persia, one whose gestures are subtle and whose eyelids are languid.
She greets and revives those whom she killed with her looks, and she conferred the best (gift) after beauty and beneficence.
Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 38
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MLA
al-Arabi, Ibn. “The dearest place on God's earth to me after Ṭayba and….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/37/.
Chicago
al-Arabi, Ibn. “The dearest place on God's earth to me after Ṭayba and….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/37/.
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