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Classy Arabic Poetry

@classyarabic

Arabic poetry translations
by
Nathaniel Miller

PhD Arabic Lit
ex-Cambridge University, ex-NYU

I'm not here anymore but I'm posting new stuff on Substack!👇

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4 months ago

An Arabic poem for the avid drinkers & readers out there: On my left, bottles of wine And on my right, a pile of books When I am gleeful, I fill my cup And when sober, I fill my heart Quoted in "Halbat al-Kumayt" by al-Nawaji (died 1455). I tried my best Classy Arabic Poetry

An Arabic poem for the avid drinkers &amp; readers out there: On my left, bottles of wine And on my right, a pile of books When I am gleeful, I fill my cup And when sober, I fill my heart Quoted in "Halbat al-Kumayt" by al-Nawaji (died 1455). I tried my best <a href="/ClassyArabic/">Classy Arabic Poetry</a>
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Classy Arabic Poetry
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3 months ago

Today I weep sadly for all that's passed me by — but do my tears do any good when I weep on and on? Alas for a life mostly lost, and woe unto me if what remains is like that which is gone. — Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zuhayr (Egypt, d. 1258)