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| Muslim Poetry for Dummies...ie what does it mean? |
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| jannah |
| 03/30/04 at 04:35:29 |
| [slm] Ok so u may be like some who read some heavy muslim poetry and are like.. what the ...??? so i was reading this in a book and thought this would help us all out ;): Metaphors & Symbols "cup" = refers to one's body and mind "nightingale" = represents the soul "rose" = the perfect beauty of God "rosegarden" = paradise "breeze" = God's life-giving breath "winter" = a soul separated from God "getting drunk" = losing oneself in divine love "spring" = union, resurrection and rebirth "signs of spring" = the soul's inner awakening "hangover" = lingering effects of love "rising sun" = illumination of divine knowledge "festival of color" = beauty of the soul's awakening "wine" = divine love that intoxicates the soul "warm rain" = pouring down of God's grace "shams" = power of grace that awakens the truth within us, inner sunrise, one's own soul and its awakening "saaqi" "cupbearer" or "maiden" = grace-bestowing aspect of God "reed" = human separated from its source, the Beloved |
| Re: Muslim Poetry for Dummies...ie what does it me |
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| jaihoon |
| 03/30/04 at 06:57:29 |
| [wlm] While the list is useful, most poets have a 'cusomized' meaning for their usage of these words. Not all of them have same meanings. Jaihoon |
| Re: Muslim Poetry for Dummies...ie what does it me |
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| jannah |
| 03/30/04 at 14:48:21 |
| [wlm] awww man now u tell me!!! :) well this is a rumi book so maybe for those who read rumi... |
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