#qays ibn Al-Mulawwah

[tunisian]

qays ibn al-mulawwah (tr. by me)

#qays ibn al-mulawwah #layla al-aamiriya #layla and majnun #** #poetry #arabic poetry #UPDATE #-> #ill post the full translation another time

[majestativa]

And I love reading Qais, Laila's Fool […] I turn to you and recite his lines "Come close, dear love, eat from my sizzling heart!"

— Khaled Mattawa, Ismailia Eclipse: Poems, (1995)

#Libyan #Khaled Mattawa #Ismailia Eclipse: Poems #1995 #Majnun Laila #Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah #Layla Al-Amiriah #Qais #Laila #Essence

[greekyogurtismyjam]

و لمَّا تَلاقينا على ســـــــفحِ رامَةٍ

وجدتُ بـنان الـــــــعامريَّةِ أحــمرا

When we met on the top of Rama

I found Al-Amiriya [Layla] colored her fingers in red

فقلتُ خضبتِ الكفَّ على فراقنا؟

فقالت معاذ الله , ذلك ما جرى

So I asked: Did you color you hand in celebration of our separation

She replied: No, how could you think of that

ولكنَّنِــــــي لـــــــما وجدتُكَ راحلاً

بكيتُ دماً حتى بللــت به الـثرى

It's just that when I saw you leaving

I teared blood until the sand got wet

مسحت بأطراف البنانِ مدامعي

فصار خضاباً في اليدين كــما ترى

Then I wiped off my tears with my fingers

So it looks now like if I colored them with Henna

• Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah, dedicated to his beloved Layla Al-Amiriya

#poetry #arabic poetry #qays ibn Al-Mulawwah #قيس ابن الملوح #مجنون ليلى #شعر #الشعر العربي #picture is not mine

[holyfigtree]

Arabic poetry embroidered into sleeve of an abaya

قالوا: تموت بها حبـاًً، فقلـت لهـم ‏ألا اذكروها علـى قبـري فتحيينـي

#side note this poem isn't by mahmoud darwish #seems to be attributed to the 7th century Arab poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah

[jeremyknoxs]

—qays ibn al-mulawwah

#* #911 #911 abc #911edit #buddie #buddieedit #eddie diaz #evan buckley #blood tw #useraish #alielook #userabs #tuserzee #tuserambs #useralien #tuserella #tuserrae #usertreena #useralyssas #tusersonny #userrin #userisaiah #tuserdaria #userisha #userriel #usercorinne #uservictoria #tusersimone #userhann #ajlook

[akajustmerry]

Happy Palestinian Film Thursday!

Every Thursday I'm watching a film from Palestine. This week's film is Habibi (2011). Dir. Susan Youssef. Set in Gaza, this film is a modern retelling of the forbidden love story between 7th century Arab poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his one and only Layla. It is available to watch on Netflix!

Follow the Palestinian Film Thursday Watchlist on Letterboxd 🇵🇸

#Palestinian Film Thursday #Habibi #free palestine #Palestine #films #/

[doukeshi-kun]

lately i've been fixated on Layla and Majnun story.

it's a very old story, from Arab origin in the 7th century. it's a love story between an Arab poet, Qays ibn Al Mulawwah and his lover, Layla. they fell in love but cannot be together, and Qays became some sort of obsessed and crazy about Layla. the term Majnun actually means crazy and he's called that because of his love towards her.

i've gotten myself a 'retelling' of this story, The Story of Layla and Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi which i'll read of course. i wish i could get or find the poem from Qays tho :') i've only found bits but i want to read the whole poem.

i wish i could get a real copy of the book or something like that tho. i feel like reading with the material in hands feel VERY different and more fun(?) than scrolling in my phone.

#i wanna talk more about my readings tbh #what about a new sideblog #道化師-fool❃ུ۪

[soracities]

Yo that poem in Arabic that you’re looking for, when I read it in Arabic it lists a different author than the one it says on your page in that other submission. The author I saw written was حسيب غالب and the name of the poem was شكوي but I couldn’t find an English translation either:/

one anon told me the author in that instance is a poetry reciter rather than the author themselves so that may be why! three different people so far have said the author is Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah so will be deep-diving for translations

#ask #anonymous #if its from layla and majnun rather than a stand alone one (?) i may try to find a full translation of that! #not darwish poem

[anamed1a]

ومَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا العَاشقونَ ذَوي الهَوَى ولا خيرَ فِي مَن لا يحُبُّ وَلا يَعشَقُ Sejatinya manusia adalah para pecinta. Tak ada kebaikan pada seseorang yang tak mencinta. — Qais ibn al-Mulawwah https://shope.ee/9K6DhYG1Qm https://www.instagram.com/p/CiHc-9pLgbl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[abadbitvhstill]

All these ancient people writing letters to their lovers and yet I have no letter from anyone. Disgusting.

#at least give me someone to write to like damn #shit is wild #franz kafka #john keats #qays ibn al-mulawwah #letters to milena #letters to fanny brawne #layla and majnun #writers and poets #poetry #literature #🫤

[tunisian]

btw im translating that qays ibn al-mulawwah poem tomorrow. you know the one who wrote the “they said you love her to death” one. yeah

[majestativa]

He is not Farhad, not Nali, not Majnoon, but by today's standards, he is a knight in love's army, the Shah of love because he burrowed into my heart to help the soil breathe. In an age of death and departure he makes poems and laughter his home.

— Kajal Ahmad, Handful of Salt, (2016)

#Kurdish #Kajal Ahmad #Handful of Salt #2016 #Farhad #Khosrow and Shirin #Nizami Ganjavi #Nali #Nalî #Majnun Laila #Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah #Layla Al-Amiriah #Qais #Laila #Eterno mio!

[witchmd13]

Hi! I saw your reblog on a merlin post about qays ibn al-mulawwah's poem and I wondered if you had a link to the original, or the name of a collection it's found in? I feel as if I've been looking everywhere and can't find it :( was so happy to come across your post!

Hello :)

I'm glad you liked my addition to the post! The short answer is that there isn't a collection written down by Qays himself, all you can find are collected poems written down centuries after his death. I couldn't find an English translation online to any unfortunately, the one in that post was my translation. There are few books on Amazon however.

Long answer (you don't have to read all this, I just wrote it down and didn't feel like deleting it):

Qays is an ancient Arab poet from pre-Islamic civilization times when Arab people spoke poetry instinctively, most didn't know how to read or write, just spoke the language fluently, even the rules we have for Arabic poetry today didn't exist at the time and were known instinctively by the people (these rules were written centuries later when other peoples started learning Arabic, they were written to preserve the language from forgiven influences). So, Qays' poetry was passed down orally more than anything. Of course, some was written down into books, but that was centuries after his death, even his story has multiple accounts, regardless of what orientalists have written in whatever version they thought was better. I grew up hearing his story from my parents and grandparents, that's why orientalist versions piss me off (overly romantic and exaugurated and I hate them).

That's not to say, however, that Qays' or other ancient Arabic poetry wasn't preserved as it was said. I'm not sure how to explain it, but at that time Arabic poetry was considered a sort of the only form of media there was. Arabic tribes lived in deserts where they would be separated from each other for months on end, the only form of way communication was poetry that was easy to memorize and pass on. For example, in ancient Arabic traditions (that's still practiced in some places today), if a man mentions the name of the woman he loves in his poetry, he wouldn't be allowed to marry her. That's to say, it was considered a sandal for a woman's name to be passed around in poetry among tribes.

In one story, an Arab woman was kidnapped by a Persian ruler, she spoke a poem while passing by shepherd attending his sheep nearby, he memorized the poem fully and passed it on until it reached the woman's brothers and they came to her rescue.

#I rambled too much sorry #poetry #arabic poetry #Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah #inthearmsof #ask

[cloak-of-love]

If I had two hearts I’d live with one of them and let the other to be tortured by your love but I only have one heart owned by love Neither pleased by living nor that death is near like a little bird in the hands of a child insulting it suffering from the torment of death while the child plays neither is the child’s aware of its suffering Nor the wings of the Bird are free, that it can fly

Qays Ibn Al Mulawwah

#qays ibn al-mulawwah #arabic poetry #love poetry #lit

[mehmetfath]

Suatu ketika, Qais ditanya oleh seseorang mengenai cintanya pada Laila.

Fulan: "Apakah engkau mencintai Laila?"

Qais: "Tidak!"

Fulan: "Lantas, bagaimana?"

Qais: "Cinta adalah tali perantara. Kini, tali itu tak ada lagi. Sekarang, Laila adalah aku. Dan aku, adalah Laila."

#layla majnun #qais ibn al mulawwah #layla and majnun

[camelotsheart]

- Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah

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