poetry

An interesting way of ending a poem. This piece is attributed to Ibn Shihna, who composed a hundred lines on ʿilm al-balāgha (the science of rhetoric). His final section deals with poetic theft and its various types. What is striking is the way he concludes. The section begins by condemning...

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عِباداً فُطَنا *** تَرَكوا الدُنيا وَخافوا الفِتَنا نَظَروا فيها فَلَمّا عَلِموا *** أَنَّها لَيسَت لِحَيٍّ وَطَنا جَعَلوها لُجَّةً وَاِتَّخَذوا *** صالِحَ الأَعمالِ فيها سُفُنا Indeed, Allah has discerning servants, They forsook the world, fearing its strife. They observed it...

"Lix halkaa ku joogtaan dagaal laabta ka ogaada Luquntana haddii laydin jaro lugaha meermeersha Laqantooyo kaagama dartee laliya duulaanka Laarrigana ha daynina wixii lumaya yeelkiiye"

This is my poem for who are imo the greatest not just harti, darod, but one of the greatest if not the greatest somali women that not only dhulbahante men as well as other somali men have been blessed with by Allah subhana wa tala to have bestowed upon them such as these dhullos...

The Death of Richard Corfield He Who Had Stamina Gained his Intent http://www.africanpoems.net/tag/gabay/

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