The Mu'allaqa of Tarafa ibn al-Abd, 'Khawla has traces at Burqat Thahmad'

By Tarafa ibn al-Abd

معلقة طرفة بن العبد «لخولة أطلال ببرقة ثهمد»

One of the seven Mu'allaqat, in the tawil metre on the rhyme dal, opening "Khawla has traces at Burqat Thahmad, shimmering like the remnants of tattoo on the back of the hand", as in al-Zawzani's commentary {1}.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia

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Correspondence (al-mukatabat)· Diwan al-Insha' (the chancery)· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· The fires of the Arabs· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· al-Jahiz's works on the imamate win al-Ma'mun's praise· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad

Sources

  1. Sharh al-Mu'allaqat al-Sab' by al-Zawzani, al-Maktaba al-Tijariyya al-Kubra (1921) , p.46
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