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The Interpreter of Desires (Tarjuman al-ashwaq)
ترجمان الأشواق (Tarjuman al-ashwaq)
A collection of love poetry in the tradition of the Arabic qasida: abandoned encampments, departing camels, gazelles and gardens, and a beloved inspired by Nizam, daughter of the Persian scholar with whom he studied in Mecca. Its famous ode XI proclaims a heart "capable of every form" and a "religion of love". The author's own commentary reads every image as a symbol of divine realities and is one of the keys to the Sufi hermeneutics of erotic language.
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Authorship note
Sixty-one odes composed in Mecca and finished in Ramadan 611 (January 1215), according to the preface of the second recension; Nicholson refuted Dozy's dating to 1202. The author later added a prose commentary (*Dhakhair al-alaq*).
Editions and translations
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English
The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq: A Collection of Mystical Odes (reimpr.)
Theosophical Publishing House, 1978
Translation: Reynold A. Nicholson
ISBN 0722951337
Reimpresión de la edición de 1911.
Ibn Arabi
The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq: A Collection of Mystical Odes
The Conscious LibraryThe Tarjumán al-Ashwáq: A Collection of Mystical Odes
Royal Asiatic Society, 1911
Translation: Reynold A. Nicholson
Edición del texto árabe con traducción literal y resumen del comentario (dominio público).
العربية
Ibn Arabi
Tarjuman al-ashwaq
The Conscious LibraryTarjuman al-ashwaq
Dar Sadir, 1961
Edición de Beirut; sin ISBN en catálogo.
Français
L'Interprète des désirs
Albin Michel, 1996
Translation: Maurice Gloton
ISBN 9782226076809
Español
Ibn Arabi
El intérprete de los deseos (Taryumán al-ashwáq)
The Conscious LibraryEl intérprete de los deseos (Taryumán al-ashwáq)
Editora Regional de Murcia, 2002
Translation: Carlos Varona Narvión
Colección Ibn Arabi; ISBN no localizado en Open Library.
Other works by Ibn Arabi
- The Meccan Openings (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) · 1238
- The Bezels of Wisdom (Fusus al-hikam) · 1229
- The Treasures of Lovers (commentary on the Tarjuman) · 1215
- The Spirit of Holiness (portraits of Andalusi masters) · 1203
- The Setting-Places of the Stars · 1199
- The Contemplations of the Holy Mysteries · 1194
- The Book of Theophanies · 1205
- Treatise on Unity (attributed)
- The Production of the Circles
- Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom
- The Book of Majesty and Beauty
- What the Seeker Needs
- The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed · 1203
- Journey to the Lord of Power · 1205
- The Book of the Night Journey · 1198
- The Precious Pearl
- The Fabulous Gryphon · 1199
- The Niche of Lights (Divine Sayings) · 1203
- The Universal Tree and the Four Birds
- The Seven Days of the Heart
- The Unveiling of the Effects of the Journey
- The Secret of the Names of God
- The Brilliant Star: The Virtues of Dhu l-Nun the Egyptian
- The Tree of Being
- The Book of Mim, Waw and Nun
- The Great Diwan (mystical poetry)
- Discourse of the Righteous and Night-Talk of the Chosen
- The Profession of Faith
- Treatises of Ibn Arabi (collection) · 1948
Sources
- Ibn al-Arabi. The Tarjumán al-Ashwáq: A Collection of Mystical Odes. Ed. y trad. de Reynold A. Nicholson. Oriental Translation Fund, New Series XX. Londres: Royal Asiatic Society, 1911.
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