والسحر مـن طـرفك مســروق
يـا سـيــدا تيمنـي حبــه
The full moon from Your Face is created,
and magic from your Glance is stolen.
O Master Whose love has deprived me of reason,
Your slave from Your hand is provided.
—Abu’l-Qāsim al-Qushayrī (d 465AH)
The Garden of the Hadith Scholars, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Dihlawi. Turath Publications. 2007.