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As comical as it was to build a Gothic cathedral in Biniamar, just as banal and farcical was the reason for its failure

The third poem is centered on a widespread topos in Arabic poetry, the gazelle symbolizing a beautiful woman. However, while male poets describe the gazelle from the outside, as the object of their desire, Qasmūna identifies with her, and shows how the gazelle sees herself

In the feast of Saint Anthony in Sa Pobla of Mallorca, besides the blessing of the animals, the fire, the pig-roasting and the common banquet, the demons come on the scene as well who, while the saint lived a life of hermit in the desert, “appeared in the form of various beasts, and with their claws and corns were cruelly tearing him.”