Antara ibn Shaddad عنترة بن شداد

warrior · poet · pre-Islamic Arabia · 525?–608?

A warrior poet born a slave to an Arab father and an enslaved Ethiopian mother, who won his freedom by his deeds in battle.

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later 6th century · He opens his poem with a sigh that those before him have already said everything

Have the poets left any place still to be patched? And did you know the dwelling again, after doubting?

هل غادر الشعراء من متردم أم هل عرفت الدار بعد توهم

The Muallaqa, opening line, Divan of Antara