“I would give everything for the sprouting beard that settled on the cheeks of
one who – being a sun – is superior to stars and even moons.
If it weren’t for his beard, our eyes could not look into his face with its radiant
beauty,
Just like the sun, which our glances could not bear if i ne clouds did not
surround it.”
Quoted from a medieval Arab anthology on male-male love, in Bauer, “Male-Male Love,” p. 107. In the glorious photos above, the clouds have burst!
“I would give everything for the sprouting beard that settled on the cheeks of
one who – being a sun – is superior to stars and even moons.
If it weren’t for his beard, our eyes could not look into his face with its radiant
beauty,
Just like the sun, which our glances could not bear if i ne clouds did not
surround it.”
Quoted from a medieval Arab anthology on male-male love, in Bauer, “Male-Male Love,” p. 107. In the glorious photos above, the clouds have burst!