Andalusian poetry

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= Zajal

Muwashshah

Hubb (love)

muwashshah

Within me he has set a fire \\ that blazes uncontrollably all the while.

It is but cool and wholesome in his cheeks, \\ But in my bowels it is hot and burning,

The law of love makes him a fierce, bay lion, \\ And yet I fancy him a fawn


--Ibn Sahl (1212-51)



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