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Ibn Zaydun ابن زيدون

poet · minister · Córdoba, al-Andalus · 1003–1071

A poet and minister of Cordoba, remembered for his love for, and parting from, Wallada, an Umayyad princess and poet.

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Distance has taken the place of our nearness, and coldness stands where the sweetness of our meeting was.

أضحى التنائي بديلا من تدانينا ، وناب عن طيب لقيانا تجافينا

The "Nuniyya," a poem sent to Wallada, Divan of Ibn Zaydun

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