Arabic & Persian
Muraqqish the Elder
Muraqqish the Elder belonged to the family of Sa'd ibn Malik of Qais ibn Tha'labah, of Bakr; he was uncle of Muraqqish the Younger. Lyall notes that the family fought in the War of al-Basus, and that he is chiefly of interest for his age.
Lyall remarks that the native critics speak slightingly of him, but that most of the pieces appear really old, especially Ode LIV.
Poems (10)
- Ode XLV: Ye two comrades of mine, stay
- Ode XLVI: There came to me by night
- Ode XLVII: Are they of Asma's folk, these
- Ode XLVIII: To whom belong the camels bearing
- Ode XLIX: Knowst thou the abode whose traces
- Ode L: Yea, gone are my neighbours, and
- Ode LI: What — said I — moved
- Ode LII: There has reached me the message
- Ode LIII: If I dye my locks, will
- Ode LIV: Are the abodes deaf, that they