Karima el Fillali - Fi Malihin Hajjin (live in Fez)

Poetry by Ibn Arabi as found in the manuscript of Muhammad al-Nawaji bin Hasan bin Ali bin Othman (1383?-1455) To a beautiful youth on pilgrimage to Mecca You who have left to visit the ancient House, And abandoned me here, hostage to sadness; One last visit before departing, Would not that have been better? You go on pilgrimage to follow the precepts, But that doesn’t at all keep you From putting a Moslem to death! May I be your ransom! Rather than wander The roads of the pilgrim, Better you should spare Allah’s creatures.