“The Love of Woman
If you rule your wife outwardly, yet inwardly
you are ruled by her whom you desire,
This is characteristic of Man: in other animals love is
lacking, and that shows their inferiority.
The Prophet said that woman prevails over the wise, while
Ignorant men prevail over her; for in them the fierceness
of the animal is immanent.
Love and tenderness are human qualities, anger and lust
are animal qualities.
Woman is a ray of God: she is not the earthly beloved.
She is creative: you might say she is not created.
The poem have so much truth for me. Ibnu’l-“Arabii even thought that the most perfect vision of the God is enjoyed by those who contemplate Him in woman. This is how I pray to the God.
In the ethical and religious classics of East and West published in London by George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Ruskin House, at Museum Street in 1950 – I use edition from 1973.
The poems were translated by Reynold A. Nicholson.
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Przemek K wrote this review Saturday, December 8 2007.
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