Imru' al-Qais امرؤ القيس

wandering prince · poet · pre-Islamic Arabia · ?–544?

Son of a king of the Kinda tribe. After his father was murdered he wandered all his life seeking revenge. He stands at the head of Arabic poetry.

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earlier 6th century

A night like the waves of the sea let down its curtains on me with every kind of care, to try me.

وليل كموج البحر أرخى سدوله علي بأنواع الهموم ليبتلي

The Muallaqa, Divan of Imru' al-Qais