Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind: Ibn Al-farid and the Poetry of Recollection

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Summary

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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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Plan of the Work	p. xiii
On Translation, Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Time	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Life	p. 1
On the Sufi Path	p. 3
Words of Love and Longing	p. 8
Luminaries	p. 14
Mystical Improvisations	p. 31
Master Poet	p. 31
Homage to al-Mutanabbi	p. 32
Transformations	p. 49
Riddles & Ruba æiyat	p. 54
Love's Secrets	p. 63
Tryst	p. 63
Love Talk	p. 65
Hymns of Devotion	p. 69
Sun and Full Moon	p. 77
"You Have Been Remembered"	p. 84
Joined at the Crossroads	p. 103
The Changing Ode	p. 103
Sacred Fire	p. 108
Turn Aside at Tai	p. 118
Holy Pilgrimage	p. 128
"Greetings from Su æad"	p. 136
The Beloved's Wine	p. 143
Blood-Red Wine	p. 143
A Liberated Spirit	p. 147
Two Intoxications	p. 152
Drunk by a Glance	p. 157
Immortal Wine	p. 165
Wine of the Covenant	p. 172
Poem of the Sufi Way in "T"-Major	p. 177
The Great Ode	p. 177
Together Alone	p. 178
Shifting Guises	p. 191
Love's Sweet Season	p. 203
Spirit and Matter	p. 207
Yesterday's Tomorrow	p. 212
Manifest Sites	p. 215
Shadow Play	p. 221
Poet & Guide	p. 228
Covering Reality	p. 231
Two Masters	p. 239
Conclusion: The Poetry of Recollection	p. 243
I but not "Me"	p. 243
Content and Form	p. 245
Beginning to End	p. 246
Meditation and Recollection	p. 249
Notes	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 293
Index	p. 307
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