Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi: In the Mirror of a Man

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In the Mirror of a Man

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by Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
(1165 - 1240) Timeline

English version by
Michael A. Sells

Original Language
Arabic

She said: I wondered at a love
that struts its glory
through the garden's
flowers as they blossom.

I said: don't wonder
at what you see.
You see yourself
in the mirror of a man.

-- from Stations of Desire: Love Elegies from Ibn 'Arabi and New Poems, by Michael A. Sells

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Themes

Garden

Light

Lotus

Lover and Beloved

Rose

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