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Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid's poetry.

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Author:   Th. Emil Homerin
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781438439006

ISBN 10:   1438439008
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   02 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of 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 1. MYSTICAL IMPROVISATIONS Master Poet Homage to al-Mutanabbi Transformations Riddles & Ruba'iyat 2. LOVE'S SECRETS Tryst Love Talk Hymns of Devotion Sun and Full Moon ""You Have Been Remembered"" 3. JOINED AT THE CROSSROADS The Changing Ode Sacred Fire Turn Aside at Tai Holy Pilgrimage ""Greetings from Su'ad"" 4. THE BELOVED'S WINE Blood-Red Wine A Liberated Spirit Two Intoxications Drunk by a Glance Immortal Wine Wine of the Covenant 5. POEM OF THE SUFI WAY IN ""T""-MAJOR The Great Ode Together Alone Shifting Guises Love's Sweet Season Spirit and Matter Yesterday's Tomorrow Manifest Sites Shadow Play Poet & 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"

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This is the major work on the mystical poetry of Umar Ibn al-Farid by the leading Western expert on Arabic Sufi poetry. Stylistically refined and polished, Homerin's translations of the extremely difficult medieval mystical poetry successfully convey the peculiarities of diction and the cultural and aesthetic richness of the original material. Together with the author's earlier studies, this will remain a definitive study of Ibn al-Farid's poetic oeuvre for years to come. - Alexander Knysh, author of Islamic Mysticism: A Short History

"""This is the major work on the mystical poetry of Umar Ibn al-Farid by the leading Western expert on Arabic Sufi poetry. Stylistically refined and polished, Homerin's translations of the extremely difficult medieval mystical poetry successfully convey the peculiarities of diction and the cultural and aesthetic richness of the original material. Together with the author's earlier studies, this will remain a definitive study of Ibn al-Farid's poetic oeuvre for years to come."" - Alexander Knysh, author of Islamic Mysticism: A Short History"

Author Information

Th. Emil Homerin is Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester. His books include The Wine of Love and Life: Ibn al-Farid's al-Khamriyah and al-Qaysari's Quest for Meaning; From Arab Poet to Muslim Saint: Ibn al-Farid His Verse, and His Shrine; and Umar Ibn al-Farid: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life.

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