Love
At Dhát al-Aḍá and al-Ma’zimán and Báriq and Dhú Salam and…
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson (1911) · From The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq (Nicholson, 1911)
At Dhát al-Aḍá and al-Ma’zimán and Báriq and Dhú Salam and al-Abraqán to the traveller by night
Appear flashes of swords from the lightnings of smiling mouths like musk-glands, the odour whereof none is permitted to smell.
If war is waged against them, they draw the swords of their glances; and if peace is made with them, they break the bonds of constraint.
They and we enjoyed two equal pleasures, for the Beloved has one kingdom and the lover another.
Codex Note
Tarjuman al-Ashwaq, poem 51
Cite this poem
MLA
al-Arabi, Ibn. “At Dhát al-Aḍá and al-Ma’zimán and Báriq and Dhú Salam and….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/50/.
Chicago
al-Arabi, Ibn. “At Dhát al-Aḍá and al-Ma’zimán and Báriq and Dhú Salam and….” Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ibn-arabi/50/.
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