| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages) |
| Contents |
Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind -- Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plan of the Work -- On Translation, Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Time -- Introduction -- Life -- On the Sufi Path -- Words of Love and Longing -- Luminaries -- Chapter 1: Mystical Improvisations -- Master Poet -- Homage to al-Mutanabbı -- Transformations -- Riddles and RubÄ?'ıyÄ?t -- Chapter 2: Loveâ€?s Secrets -- Tryst -- Love Talk -- Hymns of Devotion -- Sun and Full Moon |
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€œYou Have Been Rememberedâ€? Chapter 3: Joined at the Crossroads -- The Changing Ode -- Sacred Fire -- Turn Aside at TÌ£ai -- Holy Pilgrimage -- “Greetings from Su'Ä?dâ€? -- Chapter 4: The Belovedâ€?s Wine -- Blood-Red Wine -- A Liberated Spirit -- Two Intoxications -- Drunk by a Glance -- Immortal Wine -- Wine of the Covenant -- Chapter 5: Poem of the Sufi Way in “Tâ€?â€?Major -- The Great Ode -- Together Alone -- Shifting Guises -- Loveâ€?s Sweet Season -- Spirit and Matter -- Yesterdayâ€?s Tomorrow -- Manifest Sites |
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Shadow Play Poet and Guide -- Covering Reality -- Two Masters -- Conclusion: The Poetry of Recollection -- I But not “Me� -- Content and Form -- Beginning to End -- Meditation and Recollection -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Umar Ibn al-Fāriḍ (1181-1235), author of two classic works, the Wine Ode and the Poem of the Sufi Way, is considered the greatest Sufi poet to write in Arabic. In this study, these and other poems by Ibn al-Fāriḍ are considered within the context of Islamic mysticism, Arabic literature, and Sufi poetry. Th. Emil Homerin uncovers the literary and religious intent of these poems and their aesthetic and mystical content, showing them to be a type of meditative poetry. Indeed, Ibn al-Fāriḍ often alludes to the Sufi practice of "recollection," or meditation on God, to evoke a view of existence in which the seeker may be transformed by an epiphany of love revealing an intimate relationship to the divine beloved. Homerin provides elegant translations and close readings of Ibn al-Fāriḍ's poetry, highlighting the beauty of his verse, its moods, meanings, and significance within Islamic mysticism and Arabic poetry, where Ibn al-Fāriḍ is still known as the "Sultan of the Lovers." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, 1181 or 1182-1235 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, 1181 or 1182-1235 |
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Ibn-al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar Ibn-ʻAlī. |
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Sufi poetry, Arabic -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Sufi poetry, Arabic
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Lyrik
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Sufismus
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011003164 |
| ISBN |
9781438439020 |
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1438439024 |
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