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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, by ABU AMIR IBN AL-HAMMARAH First Line: Zainab, if you have departed Last Line: Could the breeze not spare a breath? Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Al-hammara; Abu 'amir Ibn Al-hammarah | |||
Zainab, if you have departed, Yet the self-same back you rode Shall transport this broken-hearted Lodger from his lone abode. With what ardour should I cherish Other women for my lust, While your bloom and beauty perish, And your charms are turned to dust? When you fell to the embraces Of the dusky earth, I cried: 'Lo, the stars have lost their places, And the sun of love has died.' O most fair and fragile flower Withering so soon to death, Did the heavens grudge a shower? Could the breeze not spare a breath? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE by ABU AMIR IBN AL-HAMMARAH APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ON AN OLD MUFF by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE BELLS OF SHANDON by FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY AMBITION AND CONTENT; A FABLE by MARK AKENSIDE WOO NOT THE WORLD by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II |
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