Laila bint Lukaiz
Laila bint Lukaiz or Layla bint Lukayz (Arabic: لَيْلَى بنت لُكَيْز died 483), otherwise known as "Layla the Chaste" (Arabic: ليلى العفيفة), was a legendary Arabian woman poet.[1][2] She wrote a romantic epic of the knight in shining armor rescues damsel-in-distress motif.[3] Her most famous poem, If Only al-Barraq Could See (Arabic: ليت للبراق عيناً), was set to music by Mohamed El Qasabgi and popularized by the singer Asmahan.[4]
Anthologies
- Moris Farhi (ed) Classical Poems by Arab Women translated Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999. ISBN 086356-096-2[5]
- Handal, Nathalie (2001). The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. Interlink Books. ISBN 9781566563741.
Laila bint Lukaiz.
- Udhari, Abdullah; al-Udhari, Abdullah (1999). Classical Poems by Arab Women. Saqi Books. ISBN 9780863560477.
References
- ^ Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, ed. and trans. by Abdullah al-Udhari (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26–27.
- ^ Heath, Jennifer (1 November 2003). Scimitar the Veil. Hidden Spring. ISBN 9781587680212.
- ^ Marlé Hammond (2013). Kennedy, Hugh (ed.). Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 215–240. ISBN 9781780763620.
- ^ Kamil, Mahmud (1971). Muhammad al-Qasabgi: Hayatuh wa-A'maluh. Cairo. pp. 52–53.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ ltd, codegent. "Poetry Magazines – Classical Poems by Arab Women". poetrymagazines.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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