Romantic Arabic poem
Poem’s name: The unknown knight
(الفارس المجهول)
Poet's name: Ahmed Shalabi
(أحمد شلبي)
Date of writing the poem: 1 February 1987
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مشيت على جمر المنى أتلهف
I walked on the embers of desire filled with yearning.
لعل التي جئت من أجلها تعرف
May the woman who I came for know
كي أزين الجسد منك قلادة
to adorn her body with a necklace
معي من تراث المجد سيف ومصحف
from the heritage of glory, I have a Qur’an and a sword
وفوق جبيني الكبر ما انفك آية
Above my forehead, there‘s a mark of nobility
تهب بها ريح الليالي وتعصف
a mark that awakens the wind of the nights
وبين يدي الحب يحمل شعلتي
And in my hand, love lifts my flame
وصوتي رايات إليك ترفرف
And my voice is flags that flap toward you
An explanation of this piece from the arabic poems
This poem discusses the idea of love in a new way, the poet here (Ahmed Shalabi) shows his yearning for his lover in a dignified way. You can see some words like: the heritage of glory, the wind of the nights, flags, swords... etc.
He doesn’t show any weakness although his love is strong and real, he is fighting for his love. the style of the poet belongs to the modern school of poetry. there is no specific division of the lines of the poem in the freestyle of the Arabic poetry. The Arabic poem is like the Arabic mindset in general. Both basically depend on high levels of emotions and morality. Also, the Exaggeration is an important part of the culture of the communication.
We can see how the poet exaggerates his feelings to the maximum. The religion affects every part of life. You can find how interesting to use Qur’an which is the holy book of the Muslims in these sequences. the Arabic language and the modern Arabic culture depend on the Islamic history.
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