^* Here we may also note the recent appearance of a slightly abridged French translation of Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s poem, La grande Tā’iyya: la voie mystique, by Claudine Chonez (Editions La Difference, Paris 1987). Although without notes or explanatory matter, and largely based on Nicholson’s early English translation (revised with reference to the Arabic), this version is surprisingly readable and accessible by itself.