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Stations of Desire
Michael Sells
Stations of Desire is a selection of new translations from Ibn
'Arabi's famous collection of love-poems, the Turjuman al-ashwaq,
providing a beautiful example of his poetic genius. Sells, the translator
of a highly-praised volume of pre-Islamic qasidas, Desert Tracings,
manages to convey the supple, resonant quality of the original Arabic,
so that the poems come vividly to life in English. In addition to a substantial
selection of the odes themselves, Sells provides an insightful introduction
that makes this work accessible to contemporary readers, locating the
poems within the tradition of Arabic poetry and the path of Sufi mysticism.
The book also contains a section of Sells' original poems, modelled on the Turjuman, which provides a further commentary on the medieval odes and their extension into the present climate of poetry.
The author
Michael Sells is an authority on Ibn 'Arabi as well as one of the most
distinguished contemporary translators of classical Arabic poetry. He
teaches at Haverford College, Philadelphia, USA.
Book details
151 pages, 175 x 125 mm
ISBN: 965 90125 1 9
Published in 2000 by Ibis Editions
Ibn 'Arabi's own signature
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| Divine Sayings |
| Spiritual Elevation |
| Universal Tree |
Don’t you see beauty
plunders a heart that's pure?
Beauty, virtue’s spoiler,
aptly named.
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