Formally entitled ‘Glittering Stars in Praise of the Best of Creation’, it takes a strongly classical form, beginning with the ancient Arabian theme of the lover soliloquizing amid the remains of his lost beloved’s encampment. The book is richly illuminated in gold and full colour by Ersan Perçem.Īs Professor Schimmel notes, the ‘Mantle-Ode’ is the favourite poem of Muslims everywhere’. Each page features calligraphy by Betül Kırkan, followed by the English translation, and a fragment of a further poem on a related theme by another Muslim poet. Mantle Adorned: Imam Busiri's Burda, Deluxe Edition (Full ColourĪ new translation of the best-known of all Islamic poems, the Burda (‘Mantle’) by al-Busiri.
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