The Translator of Desiresby Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, translated by Michael Sells The Translator of Desires, a collection of sixty one love poems, is the lyric masterwork of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (11651240 CE), one of the most influential writers of classical Arabic and Islamic civilization. In this authoritative volume, Michael Sells presents the first complete English translation of this work in more than a century, complete with an introduction, commentary, and a new facing page