{"product_id":"fear-of-fifty-book-erica-jong-9780060177393","title":"Fear of Fifty","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1201, Shaykh Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi arrived in Mecca. Among the many people who impressed him one drew his attention above all others: Niz m, the daughter of a prominent religious teacher. As Beatrice did for Dante, Niz m soon inspired a sequence of love poems that are Ibn 'Arabi's poetic masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eTarjum n al-Asw q \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Interpreter of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi was known as Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Shaykh), a title given him due to his profound knowledge as a mystic, theologian, philosopher and legalist. Scholars are devoting much labour to translating and interpreting Ibn 'Arabi's voluminous prose writings, but his poetry remains little known by Western readers compared with that of his fellow Sufis, Rumi, Attar and Hafiz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection reveals that with his intense feeling, vivid imagery, and the playful way he reworked the conventions of Bedouin desert poetry, Ibn 'Arabi wrote poems that deserve to be placed alongside the best of his illustrious Sufi compatriots. Keith Hill's engaging new English language versions will be welcomed not just by those attracted to Sufi literature, but by all who enjoy enchanting love poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LOVER'S LAMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish I knew if they knew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhose heart they had captured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wish my heart could know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat mountain pass they travelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it through living or dying \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat they have endured?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerplexed, lovers lose the path;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elost in love, they die enraptured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA LOVER'S PLEA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they departed, my patience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand endurance departed, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyet that absent traveller still \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elives inside my churning chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI asked my guides where riders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat noon make their rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey answered: Where desire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand absence spread their scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I begged the East Wind: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Go and search through the estates, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efind where in the groves they shelter, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshaded beneath their tents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere give them greeting \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom one whose life is one long lament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edue to the age that, from his heart \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompanions, he has been absent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538823160081,"sku":"GOR001709331","price":12.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49641740697873,"sku":"GOR006850907","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50025912992017,"sku":"CIN006017739XA","price":7.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50283808817425,"sku":"CIN006017739XG","price":7.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50412501270801,"sku":"CIN006017739XVG","price":7.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53604037493009,"sku":"GOR001734125","price":12.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/006017739X.jpg?v=1751388112","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fear-of-fifty-book-erica-jong-9780060177393","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}