Abu Firas أبو فراس الحمداني
prince · captive · Aleppo, Syria · 932–968
A prince and commander of the Hamdanid house of Aleppo. Captured by the Byzantines, he wrote poems through years of captivity.
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960s · In prison in Constantinople
I said, as a dove moaned close beside me: Neighbour, do you feel what I am going through? God forbid! You have never tasted the blow of parting, and no cares have ever crossed your mind.
أقول وقد ناحت بقربي حمامة :
أيا جارتا هل تشعرين بحالي ؟
معاذ الهوى ! ماذقت طارقة النوى ،
ولا خطرت منك الهموم ببالDivan of Abu Firas, the poems of captivity (Rumiyyat)
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