WhenIlooked
inthemorning’slight,
that’salmosthowitwas:
shehadanecklaceofgold
andIalilyofambergris (6)
AstheMuezzin
pronouncedhisfirst‘Allāhuakbar’–
I’maheathen
ifIwishedhim
tocompletethepair. (7)AndhereisthesecondshortAlbaghazal(no.236)fromSanā’ī,inwhichthemuezzin
againheraldsthemorninganddisruptsthelovers’congress:
Āmadbar-imanjahānujānam/uns-idilurāḥat-iravānam
Barkhwāstam-ashbi-bargiriftam/bifzūdhizārjānuravānam
Azqadd-ibulanduzulf-ipushtash/guftamkimagarbiāsimān-am
Chūnsarbi-nihāddarkināram/raftazbar-imanjahānujānam
Faryādmarāzibāng-imu’adhdhin
Manbanda-yibāng-ipāsibān-am.Myworldandmysoul
cametomyside,
companiontomyheart,
comfortofmypsyche.
Icalledherover
pressedherinembrace;
myspiritmultiplied
athousandfold
within
me.
Gazingthelengthofthattallbody
andthetwinesoftressdownherback,
Ithought:
Imustbeintheheavens
Nosoonerhadshelaidherheaduponmybreast,
thanmyworldandmysoul
leftmyside.
SavemefromthecalloftheMuezzin!
I’maslavetothecryofthenightwatchman!Giventhesmallcorpusoflessthanascoreofpoems,accordingtoWoledge,thathas
allowedustoidentifytheAlbaasathematicgenreofOccitanpoetry,theexistence
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