Tarafa ( ar, طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان بن سعد أبو عمرو البكري الوائلي /

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: ''Ṭarafah ibn al-‘Abd ibn Sufyān ibn Sa‘d Abū ‘Amr al-Bakrī al-Wā’ilī''), was a

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n poet of the tribe of the Bakr. He is one of the seven poets of the most celebrated anthology of

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Arabic poetry, known as the '' Mo'allakat'', however just one of his poems is included. His fellow poets preserved in this work are

Al-Nabigha Al-Nābighah (), al-Nābighah al-Dhubiyānī, or Nābighah al-Dhubyānī; real name Ziyad ibn Muawiyah (); was one of the last Arabian poets of pre-Islamic times. "Al-Nabigha" means "genius or intelligent" in Arabic. His tribe, the Banu Dhubya ...

Antarah ibn Shaddad Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi ( ar, عنترة بن شداد العبسي, ''ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī''; AD 525–608), also known as ʿAntar, was a pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet, famous for both his poetry and his adventurous life ...

Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma Zuhayr bin Abī Sulmā ( ar, زهير بن أبي سلمى; ), also romanized as Zuhair or Zoheir, was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet who lived in the 6th & 7th centuries AD. He is considered one of the greatest writers of Arabic poetry in pre- ...

'Alqama ibn 'Abada 'Alqama ibn 'Ubada, ( ar, علقمة بن عبدة), generally known as 'Alqama al-Fahl (), was an Arabian poet of the tribe Tamim, who flourished in the second half of the 6th century. The name al-Fahl literally means "the stallion" which he be ...

and

Imru' al-Qais Imruʾ al-Qais Junduh bin Hujr al-Kindi ( ar, ٱمْرُؤ ٱلْقَيْس جُنْدُح ٱبْن حُجْر ٱلْكِنْدِيّ, ALA-LC: ''ʾImruʾ al-Qays Junduḥ ibn Ḥujr al-Kindīy'') was an Arab king and poet in the 6th century, an ...

Life

Ṭarafah was the half-brother or nephew of the elegist

Al-Khirniq bint Badr Al-Khirniq bint Badr ibn Hiffān (or Haffān, , d. perhaps c. 600) was an early Arabic elegiac poet. She was half-sister or aunt to the poet Tarafa ibn al'Abd.G. J. H. Van Gelder, 'al-Khirniq (d. perhaps c. 600)', in ''Encyclopedia of Arabic Litera ...

. He traveled with his uncle Mutalammis to the court of the king of Al-Hirah, ʿAmr ibn Hind, and there became companion to the king's brother. According to one legend, having ridiculed the king in some verses he was sent with a letter to the ruler of Bahrayn, and, in accordance with the instructions contained in the letter, was buried alive.

Modern Translations

*''The Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets, Ennabiga, 'Antara, Tharafa, Zuhair, 'Alqama and Imruulqais''
Trübner & co., London, 1870 (in English)
anthology of '' diwan'' (collected poems) edited by

Wilhelm Ahlwardt Wilhelm Ahlwardt (4 July 1828, Greifswald – 2 November 1909, Greifswald) was a German orientalist who specialized in research of Arabic literature. He was the son of philologist Christian Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1760–1830). Biography He ...

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published works While some of his poems have been translated into

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with notes by B. Vandenhoff (

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, 1895), both Tharafa and the poet Imru al-Qais were not included by

Theodor Nöldeke Theodor Nöldeke (; born 2 March 1836 – 25 December 1930) was a German orientalist and scholar. His research interests ranged over Old Testament studies, Semitic languages and Arabic, Persian and Syriac literature. Nöldeke translated several ...

in his ''Fünf Moallaqat, übersetzt und erklärt'' (Vienna, 1899-1901). *''The seven golden odes of pagan Arabia : known also as the Moallakat''; An English translation by Anne Blunt, Lady;

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922), sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines ...

(London, Chiswick Press, 1903).

References and external links

University at Albany: The Mu'Allaqa of Ibn Tarafa
* *Mohammadi Malayeri, M.: ''Tarikh va Farhang-e Iran'' Vol. I, Yazdan Publishers, Tehran 1372 Hsh. pp. 242، 267، 291، 292، 374. *

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* * {{Authority control 543 births 569 deaths Bahraini poets 6th-century Arabic poets