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Author Ḥallāj, al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr, 858 or 859-922, author.

Title Hallaj : poems of a Sufi martyr / Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj ; translated from the Arabic by Carl W. Ernst.

Publication Info. Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2018]

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Description xi, 253 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Conventional love lyrics -- The ardent renouncer -- Gathering desire after separation -- Strengthen me from the sickness -- Dialogue of the heart with the truth -- First the guest, then the house -- Alchemical expressions -- The sun of hearts -- Religion of lovers, and religion of the people -- The lover's punishment -- The cure of love -- Snakebite -- The rule of lovers -- Letter from the depth of spirit -- Where is your match? -- Mystical love poems -- The veil of invocation -- Give back to me my heart -- Constant presence -- The soul's punishment in the body's prison -- Lovers' perfection -- Nearness and distance are one -- Transcendence -- The promise of love -- Removing the veil -- Voyager of desire -- While love remains secret -- Veil of the heart -- Eyes of the heart -- Burden of the heart -- Prison letter -- In all directions -- Something by my heart -- Speech from the beloved -- Hidden, present -- I wonder at you and me -- I found you by sciences -- Open secret -- Loss in ecstasy is loss -- I didn't long -- Martyrdom -- Testament -- All of me becomes a heart -- Blameless -- Dyed in blood -- My drinking buddy -- Kill me, friends -- Punishment -- Sacrifice -- Infidel -- The fate of the arrogant -- You've watched me -- The thread of desire -- Metaphysics -- Cramped -- Illumination -- God's explanation -- Knower of the revelation -- Temple and light -- Reason's ears and eyes -- How often were we hidden -- Ecstasies and states -- What wonderful relief -- Riding on reality -- The conscience and the path -- The secret of mysteries -- I've thought about religions -- Name and meaning -- Near and far -- Intimacy with god -- Vanishing ascension -- I have control of things -- Consider my apparition -- Love is in primordial eternity.
Prayers and sermons -- Which earth lacks you? -- Beware consolation -- This world deceives me -- The steeds of separation -- Pilgrim's prayer -- How long do you contest -- Intellect's advice -- Song of death -- Guidance of the lost -- Riddles -- There are four letters -- Three letters without dots -- You who are unaware -- Return to god -- Suggestion and expression -- The spiritual path -- Silence -- You're the viewpoint -- The condition of knowledge -- Dualities -- The wings of my intention -- Keeping the secret -- The claim of poverty -- The secrets of truth -- He opened the veil -- Drunk and sober -- Jealousy of god -- Total fusion -- Vision of the end -- Union -- Is it you or i? -- His memory is mine -- Mixing spirits -- I wrote you -- My unique one -- Your place in my heart -- Your spirit was mixed -- I have pretended patience -- Glory to the one -- I am the one that i desire -- You are flowing -- I entered into creation -- He chose me -- I don't play with unity -- Hiding -- Secret of my secret -- Theory of existence -- Concentration and separation -- How will union take place? -- Perfect satisfaction.
Subject Ḥallāj, al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr, 858 or 859-922 -- Translations into English.
Sufi poetry, Arabic -- Early works to 1800.
Ḥallāj, al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr, 858 or 859-922. (OCoLC)fst01822531
Sufi poetry, Arabic. (OCoLC)fst01137223
Genre/Form Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
Added Author Ernst, Carl W., 1950- translator.
Added Title Poems. Selections. English
ISBN 9780810137356 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
0810137356 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper)
9780810137363 (electronic book)
0810137364 (electronic book)
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