Abu al-Atahiya أبو العتاهية
poet · Abbasid Baghdad · 748–826
A pottery seller who became a court poet in Baghdad. Later he wrote only poems on how fleeting life is.
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early 9th century
If only youth would come back for a single day, I would tell it what grey hair has done to me.
فيا ليت الشباب يعود يوما ،
فأخبره بما فعل المشيبDivan of Abu al-Atahiya
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