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| Document Type: | Book |
| Title: | Desert tracings : six classic Arabian odes by 'Alqama, Shanfara, Labid, 'Antara, al-A'sha, and Dhu al-Rumma / translated and introduced by Michael A. Sells. |
| Added Author: | Sells, Michael Anthony |
| Publisher: | Middletown, Conn. :. Wesleyan University Press, c1989. |
| Pages: | 78 p.: ill. |
| ISBN: | 0819521574 (hbk.) |
| Notes: | Introduction and translation (c) 1989 by Michael A. SellsContains 6 translated poems, and biography of each poet.Glossary of Arabic terms (p.77-8) |
| Bibliographic Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Author as Subject: | 'Alqama ibn 'Abada, 6th cent.al-Shanfara, d.c.550Labid ibn Rabi'a al-'Amiri, d.c.661'Antara ibn Shaddad, 6th cent.al-A'sha, Maymun ibn Qays, d. ca. 629Dhu al-Rumma, Ghaylan ibn 'Uqba, 696-735 |
| Descriptors: | Poetry, Ancient Mu'allaqat Jahiliya Transmitter Tayf=absent beloved's night apparation Poetry, Ancient -- She-camel Songstress Poetry, Ancient -- Game of chance Poets, Vagabond Time Poetry, Ancient -- Fate Translated poems Biography Camel Poetry, Ancient -- Artifice |
| Location: | Oriental Inst., Oxford. OIL PJ7633 Sel |
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