The Romance Of Antar. Combat Between Antar : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], COMBAT BETWEEN ANTAR AND KHOSREWAN. Next morning both parties prepared to renew the contest; and Antar, having engaged to challenge Khosrewan to decide matters by single combat, mounted on a mare ("for his horse Abjer, wounded the day before, w...
The Romance Of Antar. The Hero Quits His Tribe : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE HERO QUITS HIS TRIBE. But at length Antar's love for Abla is the cause of so many dissensions in the tribe that King Zoheir requests him to depart. The noble hero, with his father and uncles, accordingly quits the land of Abs. After plundering...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 05 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 468 THE L POEM OF THE FOREIGNER. (LMIYYATU-'L-'AJAM, BY ET-TUGR') TRANSLATED BY J. W. REDHOUSE, ESQ. [On comparing the following translation of the famous poem of Et-Tugr', which Mr. Redhouse has obligingly made for this volume, with Dr. Carlyle's...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 114 VERSES ADDRESSED TO HIS MISTRESS, WHO HAD FOUND FAULT WITH HIM FOR PROFUSION. BY ABU TEMAN HABIB. UNGENEROUS and mistaken maid, To scorn me thus because I'm poor Canst thou a liberal hand upbraid, For dealing round some worthless ore...
Ka'b's Poem Of The Mantle. Ka'b's Poem : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 312 KA'B'S POEM OF THE MANTLE. BEATRICE [Su'd] hath departed. Therefore was my heart that day distracted, raving after her, irredeemably enchained. 2. On the morrow of our separation, when she went forth, Beatrice was no other than a bleating...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 12 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF ANTARA. The learned Von Hammer-Purgstall says that Antara's Mo'allaqah is contained twice in the complete copies of the Romance of Antar: once in fragments, as the hero delivers them extempore on divers occasions in the ardour...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 16 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF AMRIOLKAIS. vv. 1-6. Stay! let us weep, while memory tries to trace The long-lost fair one's sand-girt dwelling-place; Though the rude winds have swept the sandy plain, Still some faint traces of that spot remain. My comrades reined their...
Introduction. I. The Ancient Arabs : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. xv INTRODUCTION. p. xvi "An indescribable charm surrounds the early poetry of the Arabs. Dwelling in the wonderful creations of their genius with these ancient poets, you live, as it were, a new life. Cities, gardens, villages, the trace of even...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To Youth : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 162 TO YOUTH. BY EBN ALRABIA, IN HIS OLD AGE. YES, Youth, thou'rt fled, and I am left, Like yonder desolated bower, By Winter's ruthless hand bereft Of every leaf and every flower. With heaving heart and streaming eyes, I wooed thee to prolong thy...
Ka'b's Poem Of The Mantle. Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 305 THE "BURDA," "i.e.", THE POEM OF THE MANTLE, BY KA'B, SON OF ZUHAYR, SON OF AB SULMA RECITED BY HIM BEFORE MUHAMMAD, AT MADNA. IN THE NINTH YEAR OF THE HIJRA, AFTER THE CONQUEST OF MAKKA. "TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES", BY J. W. REDHOUSE...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Amriolkais. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 2 "The Poems entitled" Almollakt "exhibit an exact picture of their virtues and their vices, their wisdom and their folly; and show what may be constantly expected from men of open hearts and boiling passions, with no law to control, and little...
The Romance Of Antar. The Satrap Khosrew : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE SATRAP KHOSREWAN SENT TO CHASTISE MONZAR. Immediately on receiving Monzar's audacious message, the King of Persia despatched his satrap Khosrewan (the original cause of all the trouble), with a large army, to chastise his Arabian vassal...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On A C : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 124 ON A CAT, THAT WAS KILLED AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROB A DOVE-HOUSE. BY IBN ALALAF ALNAHARWANY. POOR Puss is gone!--'tis Fate's decree-- Yet I must still her loss deplore; For dearer than a child was she, And ne'er shall I behold her more. With...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 08 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], NOTES ON THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR. PUBLIC RECITERS OF ROMANCES IN THE EAST. Von Hammer's statement that the recitation of the Romance of Antar fills the coffee-houses of the East must be taken with the qualification that there are several other Arabi...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Epigram. Part 03 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 151 EPIGRAM ON ABU ALCHAIR SELAMU, AN EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN. BY GEORGE, A PHYSICIAN OF ANTIOCH. WHOEVER has recourse to thee Can hope for health no more: He's launched into perdition's sea, A sea without a shore. Where'er admission thou canst g...
The Romance Of Antar. Editor's Preface : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 170 "I have only seen the fourteenth volume of this work, which comprises all that is elegant and noble in composition. So lofty, so various, and so bold is its style, that I do not hesitate to rank it amongst the most finished poems".--Sir W...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Lady : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 127 TO A LADY, ON SEEING HER BLUSH. BY THE KHALIF RADHI BILLAH. LEILA, whene'er I gaze on thee My altered cheek turns pale; While upon thine, sweet maid, I see A deep'ning blush prevail. Leila, shall I the cause impart Why such a change takes...
The Romance Of Antar. The Hero Encounters : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE HERO ENCOUNTERS ROUDHA, A GALLANT HORSEMAN, GOING A-WOOING TO ABLA. Shiboob continued to guide his brother and Prince Shas in safety past many hostile tribes, and on the eleventh day they reached the country called Zat-ul-ialam. "In the middle...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Goes To Mecca : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR GOES TO MECCA. At night, when all was still, Antar, mounted on Abjer, and accompanied by his brother Shiboob, departs for the Holy Shrine. As they travelled through the deserts, the hero's reflections found expression in these verses: If, O tear...
The Romance Of Antar. Numan, King Of Hirah : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], NUMAN, KING OF HIRAH, MAKES WAR AGAINST KING ZOHEIR--THE HERO SAVES HIS COUNTRY. King Zoheir had soon cause to wish for the presence of the champion of Abs and Adnan. Having refused to give his daughter in marriage to Numan, King of Hirah, the latter...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Lebeid. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 39 THE POEM OF LEBEID. THE ARGUMENT. ALTHOUGH the opening of this Poem be that of a love-elegy, and the greater part of it be purely pastoral, yet it seems to have been composed on an occasion more exalted than the departure of a mistress...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Temper : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 104 ON TEMPER. BY NABEGAT BENI JAID. YES, Leila, I swore, by the fire of thine eyes, I ne'er could a sweetness unvaried endure; The bubbles of spirit that sparkling arise Forbid life to stagnate, and render it pure. But yet, my dear maid, though...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 09 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 405 NOTES ON SHORTER POEMS. Of the biographical, historical, and critical Notes prefixed to Carlyle's translations, the more lengthy ones are, with a few exceptions, here presented in an abridged form. Additional Notes are placed within brackets...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 17 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 372 NOTES ON THE MOALLAKT. BESIDES Professor E. H. Palmer's elegant translation of Antara's Mo'allaqah, included in a small volume entitled "The Song of the Reed, and Other Pieces," published by Messrs. Trbner and Co., of London, the only attempts...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Tarafa. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 15 THE POEM OF TARAFA. THE ARGUMENT. THIS Poem was occasioned by a little incident highly characteristic of pastoral manners. Tarafa and his brother Mabed jointly possessed a herd of camels, and had agreed to watch them alternately, each on his...
The Romance Of Antar. Rescue Of The Tribe Of Mazin : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], RESCUE OF THE TRIBE OF MAZIN. On the following day the Absians encounter five hundred horsemen, all clad in steel, and led by Gheidac, a haughty chief, whose father Antar had killed in one of his former expeditions. Gheidac and his troops were...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 13 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF LEBEID. THE beautiful elegiac verses with which this masterpiece of ancient Arabic poetry opens have been compared, by Dr. Carlyle, to Goldsmith's "Deserted Village". "But the Arab," p. 383 remarks Burton, "with equal simplicity and pathos...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Lamiat Alajem : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 153 LAMIAT ALAJEM. BY MAUID EDDIN ALHASSAN ABU ISMAEL ALTOGRAI. [THE scene lies in the desert, where the poet is supposed to he travelling along with a caravan. The time is midnight, and while he is kept awake by his sorrows, his fellow-travellers...
The Romance Of Antar. King Zoheir And His : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], KING ZOHEIR AND HIS BROTHER, ASYED. While Prince Harith was absent and in trouble on account of his love-affair, King Zoheir went to meet his brother Asyed, "a learned man in that age of ignorance, who generally passed his time at the Sacred Shrine...
The Romance Of Antar. Prince Malik's Marriage : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], PRINCE MALIK'S MARRIAGE AND DEATH. Prince Malik, while hunting, like his brother Harith, fell in love with a beauteous damsel of the tribe of Ghorab, and straightway asked her in marriage of her father, an old sheikh, who p. 289 consented, after some...
The Romance Of Antar. Death Of Prince Sh : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], DEATH OF PRINCE SHAS AND KING ZOHEIR. About this time Prince Shas, while journeying through the land of Aamir, was foully murdered by a huntsman, called Thalaba. The Prince's attendant escaped to carry the tidings to King Zoheir, who immediately...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To Adversity : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 140 TO ADVERSITY. BY ABU MENBAA CARAWASH, SULTAN OF MOUSEL. HAIL, chastening friend, Adversity! 'tis thine The mental ore to temper and refine; To cast in Virtue's mould the yielding heart, And Honour's polish to the mind impart. Without thy...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Zohair. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 29 THE POEM OF ZOHAIR. THE ARGUMENT. THE war of Dahis, of which Amriolkais is by some supposed to have been the cause, had raged near forty years, if the Arabian account be true, between the tribes of Abs and Dhobyan, who both began at length to be...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 07 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], NOTES ON KA'B'S MANTLE POEM. BY THE TRANSLATOR. Preface, p. 307, l. 1-10.--Ka'b, the Poet, and Muhammad, the Lawgiver, were descended, by sixteen and seventeen degrees respectively (not seventeen and fifteen, as stated in the Preface), from Ilys...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 03 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], OPENING VERSES OF THE POEM. THE purpose of God is a serious matter, and not a subject for jesting; employ thyself; therefore, my comrade, in religious works. 2. How is stability possible with diversities of temperaments, and the everlasting recurrence...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Tarafa : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 17 THE POEM OF TARAFA. THE mansion of Khaula is desolate, and the traces of it on the stony hills of Tahmed faintly shine, like the remains of blue figures painted on the back of a hand." 2. "While I spoke thus to myself", my companions stopped...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 101 ON THE BATTLE OF SABLA. BY JAAFER BEN ALBA. SABLA, thou saw'st th' exulting foe In fancied triumphs crowned; Thou heard'st their frantic females throw These galling taunts around: Make now your "choice"--the terms we give, Desponding victims...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 15 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 376 THE POEM OF TARAFA. v. 6. The Bedouins feed their camels with the leaves of the erak-tree. vv. 8, 9. Lane, n his "Modern Egyptians," describing the composition of the black powder, called "kohl", with which ladies of Cairo paint the edge...
The Romance Of Antar. The Death Of Antar : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 296 THE DEATH OF ANTAR. In the course of his exploits as chief of his tribe, Antar had conquered a horseman, called Jezar, who was a famous archer; and, to punish his aggressions upon his people, he had blinded him by causing a red-hot sabre to be...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Mashdud : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], MASHDUD ON THE MONKS OF KHABBET. TENANTS of yon hallowed fane! Let me your devotions share: There unceasing raptures reign-- None are ever sober there. Crowded gardens, festive bowers, Ne'er shall claim a thought of mine: You can give in Khabbet's...
The Romance Of Antar. Abla And Her Family Rescued : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ABLA AND HER FAMILY RESCUED BY ANTAR. Now it happened that Antar, pursuing his journey homeward, reached the Zatool Menahil shortly after the five slaves in charge of Abla's litter had pitched the tents there; and he was not a little surprised to hear...
The Romance Of Antar. Abla's Trials During : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ABLA'S TRIALS DURING ANTAR'S ABSENCE. After it was spread abroad that old Malik had maliciously despatched Antar on the desperate enterprise to procure the Asafeer camels for Abla's dowry, he soon found himself the object of scorn and contempt among...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Notes : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], NOTES. As Major Prideaux' "brochure" is designed chiefly for scholars, the Notes appended to his translation treat only of the original text and variants: the Editor of the present volume ventures to offer explanatory notes on a few of the verses...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 11 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF AMRU. v. 1. "Our morning draught:" see note on v. 74, Amriolkais--"A cheerful cup of wine in the morning," says Nott, "was a favourite indulgence with the more luxurious Persians. And it was not uncommon among the Easterns, to salute...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Lady. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 120 TO A LADY WEEPING. BY EBN ALRUMI. WHEN I beheld thy blue eye shine Through the bright drop that Pity drew, I saw beneath those tears of thine A blue-eyed violet bathed in dew. The violet ever scents the gale, Its hues adorn the fairest wreath;...
Untitled : * Ibn Altalmith was expiring when his son approached his bed, and inquired whether there was anything he wished for. Upon which the old man in a faint voice exclaimed: 'I only wish that I could wish for anything!'--p. 435. This is an anthology of 19th century Orientalist translations of Arabi...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar At The Court : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR AT THE COURT OF CHOSROE. Encouraged by his success, Monzar now resolved to formally declare war against Chosroe; but he was induced to defer his p. 223 purpose by the counsel of his sagacious old vizier, Amru, who undertook to proceed...
Introduction. Iv. Arabian Literature Under : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], IV.--ARABIAN LITERATURE UNDER THE KHALIFATE. DURING most part of the first century after the rise of Islm, the successors of Muhammad were too much engrossed in extending their dominions to bestow any patronage on science and literature. The standard...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Amriolkais : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 6 THE POEM OF AMRIOLKAIS " STAY!--Let us weep at the remembrance of our beloved, at the sight of" the station "where her tent was raised", by the edge of yon bending sands between Dahul and Haumel, 2. "Tudam and Mikra; "a station", the marks...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On His Friends : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 103 ON HIS FRIENDS. BY MESKIN ALDARAMY. WITH conscious pride I view the band Of faithful friends that round me stand; With pride exult, that I alone Can join these scattered gems in one: For they're a wreath of pearls, and I The silken cord...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Summoned : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR SUMMONED FROM MECCA TO RESCUE SHAS. The unhappy Prince, however, finds a friend in need in the old lady of Kendeh, who, with her family, had been rescued from the brigand Sudam, by Antar, on his way to Mecca. Misfortune had taught Sh...
The Romance Of Antar. How Antar Found : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], HOW ANTAR FOUND THE SWORD DHAMI. "They travelled on for three days, and on the fourth (for the Lord of Heaven had decreed the glory of Antar, and that none should exceed him in prosperity), Antar, happening to stray a little out of the way, descended...
El Busiri's Poem Of The Mantle. Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 319 THE "BURDA," "i.e." THE POEM OF THE MANTLE, "IN PRAISE OF MUHAMMAD", BY EL-BSR. "TRANSLATED, WITH PREFACE AND NOTES", BY J. W. REDHOUSE, ESQ., M.R.A.S., HON. MEMB. R.S.L., ETC.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 09 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 167 ON THE EARLY DEATH OF ABU ALHASSAN ALI, SON OF THE KHALIF ALNASSAR LEDIN ALLAH. BY CAMAL EDDIN BEN ALNABIT. SOON hast thou run the race of life, Nor could our tears thy speed control: Still in the coursers' gen'rous strife The best will soonest...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On A Miser : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ON A MISER. BY THE SAME. HANG her--a thoughtless, wasteful fool, She scatters corn where'er she goes!" Quoth Hassan, angry at his mule, That dropped a dinner to the crows.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Epigram : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 126 EPIGRAM ON EBN NAPHTA-WAH. BY MOHAMMED BEN ZEID ALMOTAKALAM. [IN order to understand Ben Zeid's Charade. we must remark that, in Arabic, "Naphta" signifies a combustible not very much unlike our gunpowder, and that "Wah" is an exclamati...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Love : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 163 ON LOVE. BY ABU ALI, THE MATHEMATICIAN. [ABU ALI flourished in Egypt about a.h. 530, and was equally celebrated as a mathematician and as a poet. In the following odd composition he seems to have united these two discordant characters.] I NEVER...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 13 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 139 ON THE VALE OF BOZAA. BY AHMED BEN YOUSEF ALMENAZY. THE intertwining boughs for thee Have wove, sweet dell, a verdant vest, And thou in turn shall give to me A verdant couch upon thy breast. To shield me from Day's fervid glare, Thine oaks...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Life : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 134 LIFE. LIKE sheep, we're doomed to travel o'er The fated track to all assigned; These follow those that went before, And leave the world to those behind. As the flock seeks the pasturing shade, Man presses to the future day; While Death, amidst...
Introduction. Genealogy Of The Seven Arabian Poets : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. lxxiii THE GENEALOGY OF THE SEVEN ARABIAN POETS. THIS Table is reprinted from the Genealogy prefixed to Sir W. Jones' translation of the Mu'allaqt, as given in the tenth volume of the octavo edition of his works. The mode of transliterating Arabic...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Little : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 152 TO A LITTLE MAN WITH A VERY LARGE BEARD. BY ISAAC BEN KHALIF. HOW can thy chin that burden bear? Is it all gravity to shock? Is it to make the people stare, And be thyself a laughing-stock? When I behold thy little feet After thy beard...
The Romance Of Antar. Abla's Father And Brother : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ABLA'S FATHER AND BROTHER AGAIN RESCUED BY ANTAR. Notwithstanding the great respect entertained for Antar by King Cais and the noble warriors of Abs, his uncle Malik was yet far from being reconciled to his proposed union with Abla. On one occasi...
The Romance Of Antar. From The Translator's : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 177 FROM THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. Antar is no imaginary person: he is well known as a celebrated warrior, and as the author of one of the Seven Poems suspended on the Kaaba at Mecca. His intrepidity is often mentioned by Abulfeda, as being...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 05 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 128 ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. BY THE SAME. MORTAL joys, however pure, Soon their turbid source betray; Mortal bliss, however sure, Soon must totter and decay. Ye who now, with footsteps keen, Range through Hope's delusive field, Tell us wh...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To His : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 131 TO HIS FAVOURITE MISTRESS. BY SAIF ADDAULET, SULTAN OF ALEPPO. I SAW their jealous eyeballs roll, I saw them mark each glance of mine; I saw thy terrors, and my soul Shared every pang that tortured thine. In vain, to wean my constant heart...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses. Part 04 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 144 VERSES ADDRESSED TO HIS DAUGHTERS, DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT, BY MOTAMMED BEN ABAD, SULTAN OF SEVILLE. ["UPON a certain festival," says Ebn Khocan, a contemporary writer, "during the confinement of Motammed, he was waited upon by his children...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Preface : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 342 p. 343 APPENDIX. p. 344 "When the Arabians became the only learned people, and their empire extended over the greater part of the known world, they impressed their own genius on those nations with whom they were allied as friends, or reverenced...
The Romance Of Antar. Shiboob In Masquerade : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], SHIBOOB IN MASQUERADE AT THE TENTS OF KENDEH. Shortly before the appointed day of Abla's bridal, Antar arrived in the neighbourhood of the tribe. Shiboob disguised himself as a woman, and, with a water-bag slung over his shoulders, sought the tents...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar And Abla's Mother : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 193 ANTAR AND ABLA'S MOTHER. Antar was now become celebrated for his verses as well as for his remarkable strength and courage; and, as may be readily supposed, he was making considerable progress in winning the affection of his beloved Abla. But...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Antara : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 54 THE POEM OF ANTARA. "HAVE the bards who preceded me left any theme unsung? What, therefore, shall be my subject? Love only must supply my lay". Dost thou then recollect, after long consideration, the mansion of thy beloved? 2. O bower of Abl...
Ka'b's Poem Of The Mantle. Preface : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 306 Nec omittendum est Caab Ebni Zoheir carmen, cujus hoc est initium admirabile: "Abiit (amica mea) Soda, et cor meum hodi dolore percitum (relinquitur), "Amore confectum, et vinculis constrictum, quibus nulla est redemptio." --Poeseos Asiatic...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 15 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 133 ON THE CAPRICES OF FORTUNE. BY SHEMS ALMAALI CABUS, THE DETHRONED SULTAN OF GEORGIA. WHY should I blush that Fortune's frown Dooms me life's humble paths to tread? To live unheeded and unknown! To sink forgotten to the dead! 'Tis not the good...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 11 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 142 ON THE DEATH OF NEDHAM ALMOLK, VIZIER TO THE THREE FIRST SELJUK SULTANS OF PERSIA. BY SHEBAL ADDAULET. THY virtues, famed through every land, Thy spotless life in age and youth, Prove thee a pearl, * by Nature's hand Formed out of purity...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Dialogue : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 119 It was Rais' turn next, who charmed us with this plaintive little dialogue, supposed to pass betwixt himself and a Lady: DIALOGUE BY RAIS. RAIS. MAID of sorrow, tell us why Sad and drooping hangs thy head? Is it grief that bids thee sigh? Is it...
The Romance Of Antar. A Gallant Knight Of Mazin : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], A GALLANT KNIGHT OF MAZIN. The Absians return home in triumph, and King Zoheir comes to meet them at the lake Zatool-irsad, where he gives a grand p. 204 feast to celebrate the exploits of Antar. In the midst of the entertainment a gallant knight...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses Addressed : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 165 VERSES ADDRESSED BY THE KHALIF ALMOKTAFI LIAMRILLAH TO A LADY, WHO PRETENDED A PASSION FOR HIM IN HIS OLD AGE. THOUGH such unbounded love you swear, 'Tis only art I see: Can I believe that one so fair Should ever doat on me? Say that you hate...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. The Interview : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 168 THE INTERVIEW. A SONG IN THE RHYTHM OF THE ORIGINAL, WITH THE MUSIC ANNEXED. [THE music to this little piece was written down, by a friend, from, the singing of David Zamir, a native of Bagdad, who resided with the translator for some time...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 107 VERSES OF YEZID TO HIS FATHER, MOWIAH, WHO REPROACHED HIM FOR DRUNKENNESS. MUST then my failings from the shaft Of anger ne'er escape? And dost thou storm because I've quaffed The water of the grape? That I can thus from wine be driven, Thou...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 07 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 110 ON THE INAUGURATION OF HAROUN ALRASHID, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF YAHIA TO BE HIS VIZIER. BY ISAAC ALMOUSELY. TH' affrighted sun erewhile had fled, And hid his radiant face in night; A cheerless gloom the world o'erspread-- But Haroun came...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 03 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 96 ON THE TOMB OF SAYID. BY ABD ALMALEC ALHARITHY. BLEST are the tenants of the tomb! With envy I their lot survey; For Sayid shares the solemn gloom, And mingles with their mouldering clay. Dear youth! I'm doomed thy loss to mourn, When gathering...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Avarice : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 99 ON AVARICE. BY HATEM TAI. HOW frail are riches and their joys! Morn builds the heap which eve destroys; Yet can they leave one sure delight-- The thought that we've employed them right. What bliss can wealth afford to me, When life's last solemn...
Introduction. Iii. Genuineness Of The Early : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], III.--GENUINENESS OF THE EARLY ARABIC POETRY. LIKE the Iliad of Homer, which was formed from the songs of the Rhapsodists, the Qasdas of the Mu'allaqt are not regular compositions, but consist of short effusions and fragments strung together. But...
The Romance Of Antar. The Hero's Birth : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 183 THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR. THE HERO'S BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS. TEN famous horsemen of the tribe of Abs went forth from the land of Shurebah on a plundering expedition. They travelled by night, and lay concealed during the day; and when they reached...
The Frontispiece : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE FRONTISPIECE. THIS is a lithographed reproduction, in facsimile (but only in black and white), of a page of a beautifully written and splendidly illuminated Arabic manuscript volume, in the possession of Mr. E. J. W. Gibb, whose translati...
The Romance Of Antar. Another Suitor For Abla : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 209 ANOTHER SUITOR FOR ABLA. While Antar was gone to assist the tribe of Mazin, something happened which marred his hopes of winning his beloved Abla, and commenced a series of troubles to himself, to his family, and even to the whole tribe of Abs...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. The Song : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 105 THE SONG OF MAISUNA. [MAISUNA was a daughter of the tribe of Calab; a tribe, according to Abulfeda, remarkable both for the purity of dialect spoken in it and for the number of poets it had produced. She was married, whilst very young...
The Romance Of Antar. Address To The Turtle Dove : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ADDRESS TO THE TURTLE-DOVE. Soon after his return from the land of Zebeed, Antar was present at a feast, given by the tribe of Fazarah to the Absians, in a spacious meadow, abounding in springs and fountains, trees and flowers. The wine cups went...
Introduction. Ii. The Mu'allaqat, Or, Seven : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], II.--THE MU'ALLAQT; OR, SEVEN ANCIENT ARABIC PRIZE POEMS. " ABOUT the end of the sixth century--the most brilliant period in the ancient history of the Arabs--the Arabic language attained its greatest perfection, in consequence, it is said...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar's Grief : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR'S GRIEF FOR THE LOSS OF ABLA. "Fortune builds up, and throws down!"--Antar's cup of happiness, filled to overflowing, was in an instant dashed from his lips, by the mysterious disappearance of his beloved Abla, for whose sake he had braved...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 10 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 148 ON THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM, IN THE FIRST CRUSADE. BY ALMODHAFER ALABIWERDY. FROM our distended eyeballs flow A mingled stream of tears and blood; Nor care we feel, nor wish we know, But who shall pour the largest flood. But what defence c...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. The Adieu : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 113 THE ADIEU. BY ABU MOHAMMED. THE boatmen shout, "'Tis time to part, No longer we can stay; " 'Twas then Maimuna taught my heart How much a glance could say. With trembling steps to me she came; "Farewell," she would have cried, But ere her lips...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 14 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 137 ON THE DEATH OF A SON. BY ALI BEN MOHAMMED ALTAHMANY. TYRANT of Man! Imperious Fate! I bow before thy dread decree; Nor hope in this uncertain state To find a seat secure from thee. Life is a dark, tumultuous stream, With many a care and sorrow...
Preface : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. iii PREFACE. " THE history of the present volume is soon told. I was engaged in collecting material for illustration of the migrations and transformations of Popular European Tales and Fictions, and, in the course of my researches, had occasi...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. A Serenade : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 146 A SERENADE TO HIS SLEEPING MISTRESS. BY ALI BEN ABD ALGANY, OF CORDOVA. SURE Harut's * potent spells were breathed Upon that magic sword, thine eye; For if it wounds us thus while sheathed, When drawn 'tis vain its edge to fly. How canst thou...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Antara. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 52 THE POEM OF ANTARA. THE ARGUMENT. THIS Poem appears to have been a little older than that of Zohair; for it must have been composed "during" the wars of Dahis, which the magnanimity of the two chiefs, extolled by Zohair, "so nobly terminated."...
The Romance Of Antar. Early Warlike Exploits : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], EARLY WARLIKE EXPLOITS. King Zoheir having summoned Shedad, the father of Antar, with his other warriors, to accompany him on an expedition against a neighbouring tribe, Antar was left behind in charge of the women; and here follows a graphic...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Fire. A Riddle : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], FIRE: A RIDDLE. THE loftiest cedars I can eat, Yet neither paunch nor mouth have I; I storm whene'er you give me meat; Whene'er you give me drink, I die.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 98 ON THE DEATH OF HIS MISTRESS. BY ABU SAHER ALHEDILY. DOST thou wonder that I flew Charmed to meet my Leila's view? Dost thou wonder that I hung Raptured on my Leila's tongue?-- If her ghost's funereal screech Through the earth my grave should...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Rakeek : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], He had no sooner finished. than Rakeek began, and in the same versification, and to the same air, sung as follows: RAKEEK TO HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS. THOUGH the peevish tongues upbraid, Though the brows of wisdom scowl, Fair ones, here on roses laid...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Undertakes Another : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 260 ANTAR UNDERTAKES ANOTHER ENTERPRISE FOR ABLA'S SAKE. Thus, once more, every obstacle to Antar's marriage appears to be removed; but in reality his treacherous uncle is as much averse as ever to his union with Abla, and he soon devises another...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 06 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 111 ON THE RUIN OF THE BARMECIDES. NO, Barmec! time hath never shown So sad a change of wayward fate; Nor sorrowing mortals ever known A grief so true, a loss so great. Spouse of the world! thy soothing breast Did balm to every woe afford; And now...
The Romance Of Antar. How Antar Obtained : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], HOW ANTAR OBTAINED HIS HORSE ABJER. At daybreak Antar stole out of the Prince's tent, and mounting his horse, wandered into the desert, where he chanced to meet forty Absian horsemen, led by Ghegadh the son of Nasshib, bent on a marauding enterprise...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses. Part 03 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 102 VERSES ADDRESSED TO A KINDRED TRIBE AT VARIANCE WITH THE ONE TO WHICH THE POET BELONGED. BY ALFADHEL IBN ALABAS. WHY thus to passion give the rein? Why seek your kindred tribe to wrong? Why strive to drag to light again The fatal feud entombed...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Procrastinati : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 166 ON PROCRASTINATION. BY HEBAT ALLAH IBN ALTALMITH. YOUTH is a drunken, noisy hour, With every folly fraught; But man, by Age's chastening power, Is sobered into thought. Then we resolve our faults to shun, And shape our course anew; But ere...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Zohair : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 31 THE POEM OF ZOHAIR. ARE these the only traces of the lovely Ommaufia? Are these the silent ruins of her mansion in the rough plains of Derraage and Mothatallem? 2. Are the remains of her abode, in the two stations of Rakma, become like blue...
The Romance Of Antar. Prince Harith In Love : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], PRINCE HARITH IN LOVE. Prince Harith, one of Zoheir's sons, while hunting, one day chanced to stray into a valley, at some distance from the land of Shurebah. There he saw a party of women of the tribe of Zohran, and conspicuous among them w...
The Romance Of Antar. Story Of Jaida And Khalid : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], STORY OF JAIDA AND KHALID. Moharib and Zahir, the fathers respectively of Khalid and Jaida, were brothers. Moharib was chief of the tribe of Zebeed, and Zahir was his counsellor. The brothers quarrelled, and Zahir struck his tents, and cast his lot...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Fatalism : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 108 ON FATALISM. BY THE IMAM SHAFAY MOHAMMED BEN IDRIS. NOT always wealth, not always force, A splendid destiny commands; The lordly vulture gnaws the corse That rots upon yon barren sands. Nor want nor weakness still conspires To bind us...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 12 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 141 ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF PRIDE AND TRUE GLORY. BY ABU ALOLA. THINK not, Abdallah, Pride and Fame Can ever travel hand in hand; With breast opposed, and adverse aim, On the same narrow path they stand. Thus Youth and Age together meet...
The Romance Of Antar. The Hero's Reception : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE HERO'S RECEPTION BY HIS TRIBE. At daybreak the hero ordered the camels to be loaded and preparations made for continuing their journey home. Decorating Abla with magnificent robes studded with jewels, and placing on her head the diadem of Chosroe...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Lebeid : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 41 THE POEM OF LEBEID. " DESOLATE are the mansions of the fair", the stations in Minia, where they rested, and those where they fixed their abodes! Wild are the hills of Goul, and deserted is the summit of Rijaam. 2. The canals of Rayaan are...
The Romance Of Antar. Attempted Murder Of Abla : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ABLA. A fresh plot is formed by Rebia, the brother of Amarah, to thwart Antar's marriage. Rebia employs a female slave to decoy Abla to the lake, one evening, on pretence of her meeting with Antar, when she is carried off...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To Leila : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 135 TO LEILA. LEILA, with too successful art, Has spread for me Love's cruel snare; And now, when she has caught my heart, She laughs, and leaves it to despair. Thus the poor sparrow pants for breath, Held captive by a playful boy; And while it...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 08 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 109 TO THE KHALIF HAROUN ALRASHID, ON HIS UNDERTAKING A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. By IBRAHIM BEN ADHEM. RELIGION'S gems can ne'er adorn The flimsy robe by Pleasure worn: Its feeble texture soon would tear, And give those jewels to the air. Thrice happy...
The Romance Of Antar. Shiboob Brings Tidings : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], SHIBOOB BRINGS TIDINGS OF ABLA. Antar endured many days and weeks of torturing suspense, his only source of consolation being the society of King Zoheir, until at length Shiboob returned--with news of Abla. p. 244 "After I had passed through various...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Rescues His Beloved : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR RESCUES HIS BELOVED. When Shiboob had concluded his story, Antar appeared to be stupefied with rage and grief; but recovering himself, he cried, "I must be revenged on that family of Zeead!--I will deprive them of their sweet slumbers!" He...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Amru : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 67 THE POEM OF AMRU. HOLLA!--Awake, sweet damsel, and bring our morning draught in thy capacious goblet; nor suffer the rich wines of Enderein to be longer hoarded: 2. Bring the well-tempered wine, that seems to be tinctured with saffron, and, when...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Proclaimed Champi : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR PROCLAIMED CHAMPION OF ABS. At length the hero is duly admitted by the Absian warriors to the honour and rank of an Arab. King Zoheir causes a great feast to be prepared to celebrate the overthrow of the Teyans, at which he presents Antar with...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 16 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 132 ON THE CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH. BY ABU HASSAN ALANBARY. WHATE'ER thy fate, in life and death, Thou'rt doomed "above" us still to rise, Whilst at a distance far beneath We view thee with admiring eyes. The gazing crowds still "round" thee...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. The Inconsistent : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 147 THE INCONSISTENT. TO A LADY, UPON HER REFUSAL OF A PRESENT OF MELONS, AND HER REJECTION OF THE ADDRESSES OF AN ADMIRER. WHEN I sent you my melons, you cried out with scorn, "They ought to be "heavy", and "wrinkled", and "yellow:" When I offered...
Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ARABIAN POETRY FOR ENGLISH READERS. EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY W. A. CLOUSTON. The Arabian Poets were the historians and moralists of the age; and if they sympathised with the prejudices, they inspired and crowned the virtues of their...
The Romance Of Antar. King Cais Avenges His : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], KING CAIS AVENGES HIS FATHER'S DEATH. Cais, the eldest surviving son of King Zoheir, having acceded to the supreme power, goes forth with his warriors to avenge the death of his father. But, acting on the advice of Antar's enemies, he leaves the hero...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Rescues His Father : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR RESCUES HIS FATHER AND UNCLES. Antar then learns that his father Shedad and his uncles are gone in pursuit of a knight, called Kais, who had taken some cattle from their tribe, and immediately mounts his horse Abjer and sets off to their...
El Busiri's Poem Of The Mantle. Preface : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 320 Bordah.--"Manteau des Arabes contre la pluye, et habit grossier des Religieux et des pauvres. C'est ainsi qu'on appelle aussi un excellent Pome compos par Scherefeddin al Busiri la louange de Mahomet, duquel il se vantait d'avoir t guri en...
The Romance Of Antar. Battle Of The Tribes : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], BATTLE OF THE TRIBES OF ABS AND TEY--ANTAR TO THE RESCUE! The Absians meet the Teyans, and are defeated; their bravest warriors retreat, and the women of Abs are taken captive. In their extremity the Absian chiefs recollect the prowess of Antar, whom...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Verses. Part 05 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 143 VERSES ADDRESSED BY WALADATA, DAUGHTER OF MOHAMMED ALMOSTAKFI BILLAH, KHALIF OF SPAIN, TO SOME YOUNG MEN, WHO HAD PRETENDED A PASSION FOR HERSELF AND HER COMPANIONS. WHEN you told us our glances, soft, timid, and mild, Could occasion such...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Dove : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 129 TO A DOVE. BY SERAGE ALWARAK. THE Dove, to ease an aching breast, In piteous murmurs vents her cares; Like me, she sorrows, for, oppressed, Like me, a load of grief she bears. Her plaints are heard in every wood, While I would fain conceal my...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POET 'OMAR. [THE Editor is indebted to the courtesy of Messrs. Macmillan and Company, publishers, of London and Cambridge, for liberty to make the following extracts from the interesting account of the life and poetry of 'Omar the Mogheeree, by Mr...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On Moderati : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 138 ON MODERATION IN OUR PLEASURES. BY ABU ALCASSIM EBN TABATABA. HOW oft does passion's grasp destroy The pleasure that it strives to gain! How soon the thoughtless course of joy Is doomed to terminate in pain! When Prudence would thy steps delay...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar's Expediti : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 214 ANTAR'S EXPEDITION FOR THE ASAFEER CAMELS. Accompanied only by his faithful brother Shiboob,--his trusty henchman, who frequently rendered the hero important service by his dexterity as an archer, and whose fleetness of foot had gained him...
The Romance Of Antar. Plots Against The Hero : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], PLOTS AGAINST THE HERO. Old Malik, Antar's uncle, and his faction were, however, more than ever resolved to thwart the hero's union with Abla; and, envious of the honours bestowed on him by the King, and enraged at his presumption in professing love...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Part 04 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 95 ON THE TOMB OF MANO. BY HASSAN ALASADY. FRIENDS of my heart, who share my sighs! Go seek the turf where Mano lies, And woo the dewy clouds of Spring To sweep it with prolific wing. Within that cell, beneath that heap, Friendship and Truth...
The Romance Of Antar. A Horse Race, And Its : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], A HORSE RACE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. King Cais having despatched some of his slaves to obtain tidings of Antar, one of them returned with a glowing account of a wonderful colt, called Dahis, which he had seen in the course of his journey. In beauty...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Amru. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 64 THE POEM OF AMRU. THE ARGUMENT. THE discordant and inconsistent accounts of the commentators, who seem to have collected without examination every tradition that presented itself, have left us very much in the dark on the subject of the two...
The Romance Of Antar. Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 169 THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR: "AN EPITOME" OF THE FIRST PART, TRANSLATED BY TERRICK HAMILTON, ESQ., "WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY". BY THE EDITOR.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Songs : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 116 SONGS BY MASHDUD, RAKEEK, AND RAIS, THE THREE MOST CELEBRATED IMPROVISATORI POETS IN BAGDAD, AT AN ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY ABU ISY, SON OF THE KHALIF MOTAWAKKEL. THE preface with which these Poems are accompanied in the "Mostatraf", at the same...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], [Having reviewed the long line of Himyarite princes, who were, each in his day, "possessed of power for evil or for good," the Poet thus moralises in conclusion.] CLOSING VERSES. 129. The chiefs of Himyar, and their kings, are buried in the dust...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Hareth : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 82 THE POEM OF HARETH. DOTH fair Asoma give us notice of her departure? Oh, why are sojourners so frequently weary of their sojourning? 2. "She is resolved to depart", after our mutual vows among the sandy hillocks of Shamma, and in the nearer...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 18 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 364 ON THE PROSODY OF THE ARABS; WITH SPECIMENS OF THE POETRY OF "THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS." [In the "New Quarterly Magazine", for January and April, 1879, there appeared two excellent papers on "The Thousand and One Nights," from the pen of Mr...
The Romance Of Antar. The Matrimonial Schemes : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE MATRIMONIAL SCHEMES OF ABLA'S FATHER AGAIN COME TO NAUGHT. Shiboob having been despatched by the sorrowing hero to obtain tidings of Abla, after many days he returns with a message of love from her to Antar; but also with the unpleasant...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 06 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], NOTES ON EL-BSR'S MANTLE POEM. BY THE TRANSLATOR. vv. 1-7. The old Arabian poets of pagan times usually began their eclogues with some kind of amatory address to a real or imaginary mistress. This was discountenanced by Islm, and El-Bsr, in his first...
The Romance Of Antar. A Bridal Party Attacked : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], A BRIDAL PARTY ATTACKED. Next day Antar and his companions meet with a numerous bridal party; the bride's howdah--richly ornamented with velvet, and on its top a crescent of gold--was preceded by damsels and slaves wearing bright-coloured robes...
El Busiri's Poem Of The Mantle. El Busiri's : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 323 EL-BSR'S POEM OF THE MANTLE. IS it from a recollection of neighbours at Dh-Salam that thou hast mixed with blood the tears flowing from an eyeball? 2. "Or, has the wind blown from the direction of Kdzima, and has the lightning gleamed...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Lady. Part 03 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 150 TO A LADY, WHO ACCUSED HER LOVER OF FLATTERY. O, Abla, no--when Selim tells Of many an unknown grace that dwells In Abla's face and mien; When he describes the sense refined That lights thine eye, and fills thy mind, By thee alone unseen...
The Romance Of Antar. Amarah Lampooned : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], AMARAH LAMPOONED BY THE GIRLS. Antar returned to his tribe, and lived secluded in his tent, sorrowing for the loss of his first and ever steadfast friend. One day Khemisa, Abla's handmaiden, came to him with a message from his darling, who desired him...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 10 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF HARETH. v. 1. It was as incumbent on the old Arab poets that they should begin their compositions with a lament for the departure of a beloved fair one as it was once the fashion among European poets to affect, in their songs, sonnets...
The Moallak'at. Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 1 THE MOALLAKT, OR "SEVEN ARABIAN POEMS", WHICH WERE SUSPENDED ON THE TEMPLE AT MECCA. "TRANSLATED, WITH ARGUMENTS", BY SIR WILLIAM JONES.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Friend : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 123 TO A FRIEND, ON HIS BIRTHDAY. WHEN born, in tears we saw thee drowned, While thine assembled friends around With smiles their joy confessed: So live, that at thy parting hour, They may the flood of sorrow pour, And thou in smiles be dressed.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On A Thunder : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 130 ON A THUNDER-STORM. BY IBRAHIM BEN KHIRET ABU ISAAC. BRIGHT smiled the morn, till o'er its head The clouds in thickened foldings spread A robe of sable hue; Then, gathering round Day's golden King, They stretched their wide o'ershadowing wing...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar Offends His Father : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR OFFENDS HIS FATHER. To a wedding among a friendly tribe Antar had the honour of escorting a party of Absian women of rank, among whom was the fair Abla, with their attendants. On the way thither some brigands attack them, but Antar, crying, "O...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 14 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE POEM OF ZOHAIR. The following Notes are adapted from those appended to Mr. Lyall's translation of this Mo'allaqah. v. 2. "Blue stains renewed," &c. The second hemistich of this verse gives concisely a simile for the water-worn traces of the tents...
The Moallak'at. The Poem Of Hareth. The Argument : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 79 THE POEM OF HARETH. THE ARGUMENT. WHEN Amru had finished his extravagant panegyric on the tribe of Tagleb, and had received the loud applause of his own party, Hareth arose, and pronounced the following poem, or speech in verse; which he...
The Romance Of Antar. Antar In The Land Of Zebeed : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], ANTAR IN THE LAND OF ZEBEED. On reaching the country of the Zebeedians, Antar finds Khalid absent on a plundering expedition, but he is met by Jaida on horseback, armed as a knight. The warlike lady boldly encounters Antar: she is vanquished...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To Cassim : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 122 TO CASSIM OBID ALLAH, ON THE DEATH OF ONE OF HIS SONS. BY ALI BEN AHMED BEN MANSOUR. POOR Cassim! thou art doomed to mourn, By Destiny's decree; Whatever happen, it must turn To misery for thee. Two sons hadst thou, the one thy pride, The other...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Epigram. Part 02 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 112 EPIGRAM ON TAHER BEN HOSEIN, WHO WAS AMBIDEXTER AND ONE-EYED. A PAIR of right hands and a single dim eye Must form not a man, but a monster, they cry: Change a hand to an eye, good Taher, if you can, And a monster perhaps may be changed to man.
The Romance Of Antar. Prince Shas In Captivity : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], PRINCE SHAS IN CAPTIVITY. The friends of Antar were much troubled at his departure, and searched for him in all directions; but his uncle was especially gratified, since it left him free, as he thought, to dispose of Abla; and accordingly she is ag...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Extempore Verses : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 136 EXTEMPORE VERSES ON THE SULTAN CARAWASH, HIS PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN BARKAIDY, HIS VIZIER EBN FADHI, AND HIS CHAMBERLAIN ABU JABER. BY EBN ALRAMACRAM. TOWERING as Barkaidy's face, The wintry night came in, Cold as the music of his bass...
The Romance Of Antar. Marriage Of Antar And Abla : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], MARRIAGE OF ANTAR AND ABLA. Many more wonderful exploits were performed by Antar in opposing the enemies of Abs--many illustrious warriors fell beneath the stroke of his irresistible sword Dhami, before he attained the chief desire of his heart...
Extracts From The Lay Of The Himyarites. Part 04 : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], FROM THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. Beyond his pedigree, we know but little of Neshwn ibn Sa'd. He tells us himself in his great work, the "Shems el-'Ulm", that his mother, like his father, was of noble Himyaritic p. 347 descent, and that his residence w...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. Title Page : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 92 p. 93 "SHORTER PIECES" OF ARABIAN POETRY. "TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE", BY J. D. CARLYLE, B. p. 94 "As the following translations were attempted at different times and with different impressions, their execution is, no doubt, very unequal:...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. To A Female : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 115 TO A FEMALE CUPBEARER. BY ABD ALSALAM BEN RAGBAN. COME, Leila, fill the goblet up-- Reach round the rosy wine; Think not that we will take the cup From any hand but thine. A draught like this 'twere vain to seek, No grape can such supply It...
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. On A Valetudinari : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 121 ON A VALETUDINARIAN. BY THE SAME. SO careful is Isa, and anxious to last, So afraid of himself is he grown, He swears through two nostrils the breath goes too fast, And he's trying to breathe through but one.
Shorter Pieces Of Arabian Poetry. A Remonstrance : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], p. 164 A REMONSTRANCE WITH A DRUNKARD. BY YAHIA BEN SALAMET. [THIS author was a native of Syria, and died at Miafarakir, in the year of the Hejra 553.] AS drenched in wine, the other night, Zeid from the banquet sallied, Thus I reproved his drunken...
The Romance Of Antar. The Dawn Of Love : * "Arabian Poetry", by W. A. Clouston, [1881], THE DAWN OF LOVE. Antar had frequent opportunities of seeing Abla, one of his duties being to serve the women of his father's and uncles' families with the camel's milk which, previously cooled in the wind, it was the custom of Arab women to drink...