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Arabian Poetry

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Contents

• The Frontispiece
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Amriolkais: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Tarafa: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Tarafa
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Zohair: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Zohair
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Lebeid: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Lebeid
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Antara: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Antara
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Amru: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Amru
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Hareth: The Argument
• The Moallakát: The Poem of Hareth
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Tomb of Mano, by Hassan Alasady
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Tomb of Sayid, by Abd Almalec Alharithy
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Death Of His Mistress, By Abu Saher Alhedily
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Avarice, by Hatem Tai
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Battle of Sabla, by Jaafer Ben Alba
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed to a Kindred Tribe at Variance with the One to Which the Poet Belonged, by Alfadhel Ibn Alaba
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On His Friends, by Meskin Aldaramy
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Temper, by Nabegat Beni Jaid
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: The Song of Maisuna
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses of Yezid To His Father, Mowiah, Who Reproached Him For Drunkenness
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Fatalism, by The Imam Shafay Mohammed Ben Idris
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To The Khalif Haroun Alrashid, On His Undertaking A Pilgrimage to Mecca, by Ibrahim Ben Adhem
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Inauguration of Haroun Alrashid, and the Appointment of Yahia, by Isaac Almousely
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Ruin of the Barmecides
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Epigram on Taher Ben Hosein, Who Was Ambidexter and One-Eyed
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: The Adieu, by Abu Mohammed
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed To His Mistress, Who Had Found Fault With Him For Profusion, by Abu Teman Habib
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Female Cupbearer, by Abd Alsalam Ben Ragban
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Songs by Mashdud, Rakeek, and Rais
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Mashdud on the Monks of Khabbet
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Rakeek to his Female Companions
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Dialogue by Rais
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Lady Weeping, by Ebn Alrumi
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Valetudinarian, by Ebn Alrumi
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Miser, by Ebn Alrumi
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Cassim Obid Allah, On the Death of One of His Sons, by Ali Ben Ahmed Ben Mansour
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Friend, On His Birthday
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Cat, That Was Killed As She Was Attempting to Rob A Dove-House, by Ibn Alalaf Alnaharwany
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Epigram On Ebn Naphta-Wah, by Mohammed Ben Zeid Almotakalam
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Fire: A Riddle
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Lady, On Seeing Her Blush, by the Khalif Radhi Billah
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Vicissitudes of Life, by the Khalif Radhi Billah
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Dove, by Serage Alwarak
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Thunder-Storm, by Ibrahim Ben Khiret Abu Isaac
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To His Favourite Mistress, by Saif Addaulet, Sultan of Aleppo
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Crucifixion of Ebn Bakiah, by Abu Hassan Alanbary
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Caprices of Fortune, By Shems Almaali Cabus, The Dethroned Sultan of Georgia
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Life
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Leila
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Extempore Verses, by Ebn Alramacram
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Death of a Son, By Ali Ben Mohammed Altahmany
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Moderation In Our Pleasures, by Abu Alcassim Ebn Tabataba
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Vale of Bozaa, by Ahmed Ben Yousef Almenazy
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Adversity, by Abu Menbaa Carawash, Sultan of Mousel
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Incompatibility of Pride and True Glory, by Abu Alola
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Death of Nedham Almolk, by Shebal Addaulet
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses by Waladata
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed to His Daughters, During His Imprisonment, by Motammed Ben Abad, Sultan Of Seville
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: A Serenade to His Sleeping Mistress, by Ali Ben Abd Algany, of Cordova
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: The Inconsistent
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Capture of Jerusalem, in the First Crusade, by Almodhafer Alabiwerdy
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To A Lady, Who Accused Her Lover of Flattery
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Epigram on Abu Alchair Selamu, an Egyptian Physician, by George, A Physician of Antioch
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To A Little Man With A Very Large Beard, by Isaac Ben Khalif
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Lamiat Alajem, by Mauid Eddin Alhassan Abu Ismael Altograi
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Youth, by Ebn Alrabia, in His Old Age
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Love, by Abu Ali, The Mathematician
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: A Remonstrance with a Drunkard, by Yahia Ben Salamet
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed by The Khalif Almoktafi Liamrillah to a Lady, Who Pretended a Passion For Him In His Old Age
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On Procrastination, by Hebat Allah Ibn Altalmith
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Early Death of Abu Alhassan Ali, by Camal Eddin Ben Alnabit
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: The Interview, A Song in the Rhythm of the Original, With the Music Annexed
• The Romance of Antar: The Hero's Birth and Early Years
• The Romance of Antar: The Dawn of Love
• The Romance of Antar: Early Warlike Exploits
• The Romance of Antar: Antar And Abla's Mother
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Offends His Father
• The Romance of Antar: How Antar Obtained His Horse Abjer
• The Romance of Antar: A Bridal Party Attacked
• The Romance of Antar: Plots Against The Hero
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Rescues His Father and Uncles
• The Romance of Antar: A Gallant Knight of Mazin
• The Romance of Antar: How Antar Found the Sword Dhami
• The Romance of Antar: Rescue of the Tribe of Mazin
• The Romance of Antar: Another Suitor For Abla
• The Romance of Antar: Battle of the Tribes of Abs and Tey: Antar to the Rescue!
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Proclaimed Champion of Abs
• The Romance of Antar: Antar's Expedition For the Asafeer Camels
• The Romance of Antar: The Satrap Khosrewan Sent to Chastise Monzar
• The Romance of Antar: Combat Between Antar and Khosrewan
• The Romance of Antar: Antar at the Court of Chosroe
• The Romance of Antar: Abla's Trials During Antar's Absence
• The Romance of Antar: Abla and Her Family Rescued by Antar
• The Romance of Antar: The Hero's Reception by His Tribe
• The Romance of Antar: Antar's Grief For the Loss of Abla
• The Romance of Antar: Shiboob Brings Tidings of Abla
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Rescues His Beloved
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Goes to Mecca
• The Romance of Antar: Prince Shas in Captivity
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Summoned From Mecca to Rescue Shas
• The Romance of Antar: The Hero Encounters Roudha, A Gallant Horseman, Going A-Wooing to Abla
• The Romance of Antar: Antar Undertakes Another Enterprise For Abla's Sake
• The Romance of Antar: Story of Jaida and Khalid
• The Romance of Antar: Antar in the Land of Zebeed
• The Romance of Antar: Address to the Turtle-Dove
• The Romance of Antar: The Matrimonial Schemes of Abla's Father Again Come to Naught
• The Romance of Antar: Shiboob in Masquerade at the Tents of Kendeh
• The Romance of Antar: Attempted Murder of Abla
• The Romance of Antar: The Hero Quits His Tribe
• The Romance of Antar: Numan, King of Hirah, Makes War Against King Zoheir: The Hero Saves His Country
• The Romance of Antar: Prince Harith in Love
• The Romance of Antar: King Zoheir and His Brother, Asyed
• The Romance of Antar: Death of Prince Shas and King Zoheir
• The Romance of Antar: King Cais Avenges His Father's Death
• The Romance of Antar: Abla's Father and Brother Again Rescued by Antar
• The Romance of Antar: A Horse Race, and its Consequences
• The Romance of Antar: Prince Malik's Marriage and Death
• The Romance of Antar: Amarah Lampooned by the Girls
• The Romance of Antar: Marriage of Antar and Abla
• The Romance of Antar: The Death of Antar
• Ka‘b's Poem of the Mantle
• El-Būsīrī's Poem of the Mantle
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Opening Verses of the Poem
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Closing Verses
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: The Poet ’Omar
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: On the Prosody of the Arabs
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: The L Poem of the Foreigner

Front matter

• Title Page
• Preface
• Introduction: I. The Ancient Arabs
• Introduction: II. The Mu‘allaqāt, or, Seven Ancient Arabic Prize Poems
• Introduction: III. Genuineness of the Early Arabic Poetry
• Introduction: IV. Arabian Literature Under the Khalifate
• Introduction: Genealogy of the Seven Arabian Poets
• The Moallakát: Title Page
• Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Title Page and Front Matter
• The Romance of Antar: Title Page
• The Romance of Antar: Editor's Preface
• The Romance of Antar: From the Translator's Preface
• Ka‘b's Poem of the Mantle: Title Page
• Ka‘b's Poem of the Mantle: Preface
• El-Būsīrī's Poem of the Mantle: Title Page
• El-Būsīrī's Poem of the Mantle: Preface
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Preface
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: From the Translator's Preface
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Moallakát
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Amriolkais
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Tarafa
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Zohair
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Lebeid
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Antara
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Amru
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Poem of Hareth
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on Shorter Poems
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes on the Romance of Antar
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes On Ka‘b's Mantle Poem
• Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Notes On El-Būsīrī's Mantle Poem

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