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Veiled beloved boy in Persian, Turkish and Arabic poetry. The “veil” of the male beloved in Sufi tradition represents the mystery of the Divine,
Wet lips of the smile I love,
nectar of the mouth I knew,
Pale moon apparition on the cheek
veiled in the disarray of love.
If he had lowered his veil, he’d have
put me to torture. He let it be
Ibn al-Arabi (tr. by Reynold A. Nicholson)
I have a beloved behind the curtain.
The lights of His cheek are the curtained-off room.
He lifted the veil from His cheek and said:
“Look at My cheek instead of the curtain!
Everything you find beautiful in both worlds,
I am that behind the curtain.
Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi (Ocean of Soul: Hellmutt Ritter).
“To protect male beauty against the evil eye, a prophylaxis had to be used: the veil worn over the face of men, just like women. There were three very handsome poets who used to attend the mawasim (markets, festivals) veiled, fear-ing the evil eye and being on their guard against women: Waddah (beautiful) al-Yaman (d. ca. 90/707), al-Muqanna (d. ca. 70/690), and Abu Zubayd al-Tai Al-Muqanna` (the veiled one) in particular is described as follows: of all people he had the most handsome face, the most perfect physique, and was the tallest. He would never walk unveiled for fear of the evil eye, which would cause him suffering and sickness”.
(The Raven and the Falcon by Hasan Shuraydi)
“One of the strongest manifestations of love is that the beloved, out of loyalty to the lover, feels jealousy toward his heart, not wanting it to turn to anyone else… Thus one of the people who understand something about love related that he once heard a beloved overwhelm his lover with reproaches which were so harsh it moved the listener’s heart. After the incident, the latter wished to reprimand the beloved for the way he had treated the lover. But when the beloved came outside before him, he was veiled (fa-kharaju ilayhi'l-mahbubu wa-huwa mubarqa`). When he asked him what this meant, the beloved said: "He’s put up with my harsh reproaches. He’s emigrated from his homeland to be able to see my face. Therefore I don’t let anyone but him see my face.”
(Ibn al-Dabbagh. Ocean of Soul: Hellmutt Ritter)
Also a poem by Avni (Mehmed II) Ghazal no.65 also tells about a male beloved who wears a veil.
What others said about this heart-stealer – I don’t know.
But that cunning idol has built a house of tortures around me.
Seeing that heart-stealer walking round his neighborhood I said:
“Every corner of the rosegarden’s is adorned with roses.”
When he strolled as if flowing through the city, I said:
“The streets and the market are all in disarray!”
If he pulls aside his veil to show his beauty,
then the City is full of the light from the fire of his face.
Against the sword of his glance none has power,
But Avni will give a coin of his life to buy it again.
My translation from Turkish. So it’s a short demonstration that men, especially beautiful wore veils, but the most ultimate example is that even Allah wears ‘hijab‘ (Light is Allaah’s Hijaab - Veil):
“His Hijaab, if He uncovers it then the the splendour of His Face would burn His creation so far as His Sight reaches.” (Sahih Muslim)

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Description

Veiled beloved boy in Persian, Turkish and Arabic poetry. The “veil” of the male beloved in Sufi tradition represents the mystery of the Divine,
Wet lips of the smile I love,
nectar of the mouth I knew,
Pale moon apparition on the cheek
veiled in the disarray of love.
If he had lowered his veil, he’d have
put me to torture. He let it be
Ibn al-Arabi (tr. by Reynold A. Nicholson)
I have a beloved behind the curtain.
The lights of His cheek are the curtained-off room.
He lifted the veil from His cheek and said:
“Look at My cheek instead of the curtain!
Everything you find beautiful in both worlds,
I am that behind the curtain.
Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi (Ocean of Soul: Hellmutt Ritter).
“To protect male beauty against the evil eye, a prophylaxis had to be used: the veil worn over the face of men, just like women. There were three very handsome poets who used to attend the mawasim (markets, festivals) veiled, fear-ing the evil eye and being on their guard against women: Waddah (beautiful) al-Yaman (d. ca. 90/707), al-Muqanna (d. ca. 70/690), and Abu Zubayd al-Tai Al-Muqanna` (the veiled one) in particular is described as follows: of all people he had the most handsome face, the most perfect physique, and was the tallest. He would never walk unveiled for fear of the evil eye, which would cause him suffering and sickness”.
(The Raven and the Falcon by Hasan Shuraydi)
“One of the strongest manifestations of love is that the beloved, out of loyalty to the lover, feels jealousy toward his heart, not wanting it to turn to anyone else… Thus one of the people who understand something about love related that he once heard a beloved overwhelm his lover with reproaches which were so harsh it moved the listener’s heart. After the incident, the latter wished to reprimand the beloved for the way he had treated the lover. But when the beloved came outside before him, he was veiled (fa-kharaju ilayhi'l-mahbubu wa-huwa mubarqa`). When he asked him what this meant, the beloved said: "He’s put up with my harsh reproaches. He’s emigrated from his homeland to be able to see my face. Therefore I don’t let anyone but him see my face.”
(Ibn al-Dabbagh. Ocean of Soul: Hellmutt Ritter)
Also a poem by Avni (Mehmed II) Ghazal no.65 also tells about a male beloved who wears a veil.
What others said about this heart-stealer – I don’t know.
But that cunning idol has built a house of tortures around me.
Seeing that heart-stealer walking round his neighborhood I said:
“Every corner of the rosegarden’s is adorned with roses.”
When he strolled as if flowing through the city, I said:
“The streets and the market are all in disarray!”
If he pulls aside his veil to show his beauty,
then the City is full of the light from the fire of his face.
Against the sword of his glance none has power,
But Avni will give a coin of his life to buy it again.
My translation from Turkish. So it’s a short demonstration that men, especially beautiful wore veils, but the most ultimate example is that even Allah wears ‘hijab‘ (Light is Allaah’s Hijaab - Veil):
“His Hijaab, if He uncovers it then the the splendour of His Face would burn His creation so far as His Sight reaches.” (Sahih Muslim)

TUMLBR post for reblog