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| Document Type: | Chapter of a book |
| Title: | No solace for the heart : the motif of the departing women in the pre-Islamic battle ode / Hassan Ezz el-Din el-Banna. |
| Author: | Banna, Hassan Ezz el-Din el-, |
| Notes: | Includes translated extracts of ancient poems based on translations by Charles Lyall, Fritz Krenkow, Michael A. Sells, A.J. Arberry. |
| Summary: | Examines the departing women motif (za'a'in) of the nasib. |
| Author as Subject: | Ibn Sallam al-Jumahi, 756-846 or 847Zuhayar ibn Abi Sulma, d. 609Tarafa, mid-6th cent.Ibn Abi Khazim, Bishr, ca. 511-ca. 598 al-Muraqqish al-Akbar, 6th cent.Tufayl ibn 'Awf al-Ghanawi, 6th cent.Labid, d. ca. 661'Alqama ibn 'Abada, 6th cent.'Amr ibn Kulthum, fl. 6th cent. |
| Descriptors: | Ancient poetry Nasib Nasib -- Motifs Za'ain=Departing women Ruins Tayf al-khayal=Dream PhantomWar Poetry, Ancient -- Fakhr=Boast section Travelling Image Mu'allaqat Poetry, Ancient |
| Source: | Reorientations/Arabic and Persian poetry. (1994), p. 165-179 |
| Source Type: | Book |
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