Passion before me, my fate behind : Ibn al-Farid and the poetry of recollection / / Th. Emil Homerin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815310403321
• Autore: Homerin Th. Emil <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-4384-3902-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 892.7/134
• Soggetti: Sufi poetry, Arabic - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plan of the Work -- On Translation, Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Time -- Introduction -- Mystical Improvisations -- Love’s Secrets -- Joined at the Crossroads -- The Beloved’s Wine -- Poem of the Sufi Way in “T”–Major -- The Poetry of Recollection -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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."