Love
Oh, the traitress
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
Love
Oh, the traitress! She has left bitten by her viper-like locks one who would fain approach her,
And she bends her soft eye and melts him and leaves him sick on his bed.
She shot the arrows of her glances from the bow of an eyebrow, and on whatever side I came I was killed.
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Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 50
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al-Arabi, Ibn. “Oh, the traitress.” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/49/.
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al-Arabi, Ibn. “Oh, the traitress.” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/49/.
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