Desert Tracings: Six Classic Arabian Odes by 'Alqama, Shanfara, Labid, 'Antara, Al-A'sha, and Dhu al-Rumma. Tr. from the Arabic
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...
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A skillful translation of six classical odes of pre-Islamic Arabia."A wonderfully representative selection of six early Arabic poems. The translations are amazing in their accurate reflection of the nuances of the original"
\ "A wonderfully representative selection of six early Arabic poems. The translations are amazing in their accurate reflection of the nuances of the original"\ \