The beauty of autumn
The article discusses the aesthetics and meanings of the autumn season, highlighting the diversity of its names across languages. The English term reflects falling and shedding, while the British term refers to the harvest, and the Arabic focuses on gathering the fruits. The writer connects the meaning of the Arabic name for autumn, which signifies gathering, with the idea that this season marks the end of fruit ripening and the beginning of decay. As ripeness increases, strength diminishes; leaves fall, depicting stages of decay and decline. He also notes that Arabs considered autumn a name for rain in some traditions. The season carries connotations of desolation and nearing the end, embodying the transition from harvest to fall, exposing the illusion of completeness—that bodies are only fully formed to be susceptible to decay and imperfection.
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