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Luzūmiyyāt
The ''Luzūmiyyāt'' ( ar, اللزوميات) or ''Luzūm mā lā yalzam'' ( ar, لزوم ما لا يلزم) is the second collection of poetry by Al-Ma'arri, comprising nearly 1600 short poems organised in alphabetical order and observing a novel double-consonant rhyme scheme devised by the poet himself. The title has been variously translated into English as ''Unnecessary Necessity'', ''The Self-Imposed Compulsion'' or ''Committing oneself to what is not obligatory.'' This is a reference to the difficult, 'unnecessary' rhyme scheme which Al-Ma'arri applied to his work. This self-imposed technical challenge was a parallel to other constraints he adopted in his own life, including veganism and virtual social isolation. The poems were written over a period of many years and bear no individual titles. They were circulated by Al-Ma'arri under the title ''Luzúmiyyāt'' during his lifetime. The poems are known chiefly for the ideas they contain, written in an ironic and, at times, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Maʿarri By Khalil Gibran
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī ( ar, أبو العلاء المعري, full name , also known under his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis; December 973 – May 1057) was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer. Despite holding a controversially irreligious worldview, he is regarded as one of the greatest Arabic poetry, classical Arabic poets. Born in the city of al-Ma'arra (present-day Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Syria) during the later Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid era, he became blind at a young age from smallpox but nonetheless studied in nearby Aleppo, then in Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli and Antioch. Producing popular poems in Baghdad, he refused to sell his texts. In 1010, he returned to Syria after his mother began declining in health, and continued writing which gained him local respect. Described as a "Philosophical pessimism, pessimistic freethinker", al-Ma'arri was a controversial rationalist of his time, citing reason as the chief source of truth and divine revelation.Lloyd Ridgeon (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
