Desert Tracings Six Classic Arabian Odes by 'Alqama, ShÃ¡nfara, Labid, 'Antara, Al-A'Sha, and Dhu Al-Rumma

Name: Desert Tracings Six Classic Arabian Odes by 'Alqama, ShÃ¡nfara, Labid, 'Antara, Al-A'Sha, and Dhu Al-Rumma
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ISBN: 9780819511584

ISBN-10: 0819511587

ISBN-13: 9780819511584

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael A. Sells, Michael A. Sells

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According to legend, the Bedouin tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia held poetry competitions during annual fairs near Mecca. The wining poems called Mu'allaqat, or Hanging Odes, were embroidered in gold on banners and suspended from the walls of Arabia's most sacred shrine, Ka'ba. Desert Tracings is a translation of six classical sixth to eighth century odes. Arabic codes (qasidas) traditionally begin with the relationship of the lover to the loved. Usually set at opening in the beloved's abandoned desert campsite, where the only evidence that remains is tent marks and torrent beds in the sand - "naked tracings,/ worn thin, like inscriptions/ carved in flat stones" - the qasida moves gracefully…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 5/1/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 87
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.98" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English