Poetry of Ibn 'Arabi

Dec 04, 2010 11:19

In the preface of a book I opened for research today, I found a section this beautiful 13th century Arabic poem that I love. Maybe someday I will be able to read in in Arabic. I should read more from Ibn 'Arabi (ابن عربي‎):

My heart has adopted every shape. It has become a pasture for gazelles
      and a convent for Christian monks;
And a temple for idols, and a pilgrim's Ka'ba,
      the tables of a Torah, and the pages of a Qur'an.
I follow the religion of love; wherever love's camels turn,
     there love is my religion and my faith.

-Ibn al-'Arabi, of Murcia (1165-1240)

poem, spain, arabic, medieval

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