Through the culture : Love and eyes

Sufis, Lovers and eyes
"Sufis, Lovers, and the Eyes"- Z.Gain

Love : The Arab civilization, like others, has taken an immense interest in love. There are numerous poems and stories that testify to this interest. In this part, we present several of the best-known love stories, which we have taken from the “kitâbu-l-aghânî” (Book of Songs) of al-Asfahânî...

The Eyes : On the expressive power of the eyes, a power characteristic of Oriental peoples. Oriental women do not need to be nude to captivate the men, and the men know better than any others how to read the mysterious messages of the eyes.

How marvellous are the eyes! Look and draw a teaching from them! Under the veil, they speak during the day. There are eyes that say, “I know you, by the prophet, I have not forgotten you, from the day I saw you by the window, lovely child!” And there are eyes that smile, but fool you, for if you look beneath the veil, you will find a beak. There are eyes that say, “I am amorous, let’s go to the house!” And eyes that say, “ Too bad for you if you do not come, I am going to the zâr(1)” And eyes that one cannot know whether they are angry or content, day and night are lost in their thoughts.

(1)zâr : exorcism ceremony Poem in Egyptian dialect by Bayram at-Tunsi

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