Translator of Desires - Poems

"A complete facing-page translation of the Tarjuman, which consists of sixty-one poems composed between 1202 and 1215 CE and published in 1215 at the earliest. The first word of the title can refer to a translator, interpreter, or biographer, on the one hand, and to a translation, interpretation, or biography on the other"--

About the author

Michael Sells is the Barrows Professor Emeritus of the History and Literature of Islam and professor emeritus of comparative literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many translations and studies of classical Arabic poetry.

Summary

"A complete facing-page translation of the Tarjuman, which consists of sixty-one poems composed between 1202 and 1215 CE and published in 1215 at the earliest. The first word of the title can refer to a translator, interpreter, or biographer, on the one hand, and to a translation, interpretation, or biography on the other"--

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"Michael Sells, a highly regarded expert on the history and literature of Islam, and translator of this splendid book, provides all we might need to understand the poems in their broader historical context. . . . It is the clarity of his translations that bring these poems back for us, their marvels intact."---Allan Graubard, American Book Review

Product details

• Authors: Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, Muhyiddin Ibn ''Arabi, Ibn 'Arabi Muhyiddin
• Assisted by: Michael Sells (Translation), Sells Michael (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780691181332
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18133-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern, POETRY / Middle Eastern, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Middle Eastern history, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: poetry and poets