Love
Between Adhri‘át and Buṣrá a maid of fourteen rose to my…
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
Between Adhri‘át and Buṣrá a maid of fourteen rose to my sight like a full moon.
She was exalted in majesty above Time and transcended it in pride and glory.
Every full moon, when it reaches perfection, suffers a waning that it may make a complete month,
Except this one: for she does not move through zodiacal signs nor double what is single.
Thou art a pyx containing blended odours and perfume, thou art a meadow producing spring-herbs and flowers.
Beauty reached in thee her utmost limit: another like thee is impossible.
Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 40
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MLA
al-Arabi, Ibn. “Between Adhri‘át and Buṣrá a maid of fourteen rose to my….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/39/.
Chicago
al-Arabi, Ibn. “Between Adhri‘át and Buṣrá a maid of fourteen rose to my….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/39/.
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