Mahd al-Aadiyya ( ar, مَهد العادية) was supposedly an Arab poet from around 4000 BCE.
[Abdullah al-Udhari (ed. and trans.), ''Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology'', (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26-27.] She is unlikely to have existed: Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering the earliest example of a ''
muzdawaj'' (
heroic couplet) form
[ warning the people of Ê¿Ä€d of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.
]
Anthologies
''Classical Poems by Arab Women''; translated by Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999.
References
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Arabic-language women poets
Arabic-language poets
Pre-Islamic Arabian poets
Arabian mythology