Andalusia

This month we have a Sufi love poem by Ibn Arabi, a chance to rest from your tasks and worries. This poem contains some of the most-quoted lines of poetry in Sufism and in anthologies of pre-modern Arabic literature. Usually only a few lines are included, as in these two examples: My heart is capable of every form: Pasture for deer, a monastery for monks, Temple for idols, pigrim’s Ka’bah,