by Gowaart Van Den Bossche | Apr 22, 2020 | What's new |
“How can I bear to pair fair words in rhyme when I have lost the one with whom I was a pair?” So mourns the great Mamluk-era poet Ibn Nubatah al-Misri (d. 768/1366) for his deceased concubine. She was but one of the many family members the poet lost throughout his...
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