Laila bint Lukaiz

Laila bint Lukaiz or Layla bint Lukayz (Arabic: لَيْلَى بنت لُكَيْز‎ died 483 CE), otherwise known as "Layla the Chaste" (Arabic: ليلى العفيفة), was a legendary Arabic woman poet.[1][2] She forms the subject of a romantic epic of the knight-in-shining-armour rescues damsel-in-distress variety.[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.
  • Udhari, Abdullah; al-Udhari, Abdullah (1999). Classical Poems by Arab Women. Saqi Books. ISBN 9780863560477.

References

  1. ↑ Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, ed. and trans. by Abdullah al-Udhari (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26-27.
  2. ↑ Heath, Jennifer (2003-11-01). Scimitar the Veil. Hidden Spring. ISBN 9781587680212.
  3. ↑ Marlé Hammond (2013). Kennedy, Hugh, ed. Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 215–240. ISBN 9781780763620.
  4. ↑ Kamil, Mahmud (1971). Muhammad al-Qasabgi: Hayatuh wa-A'maluh. Cairo. pp. 52–53.
  5. ↑ ltd, codegent. "Poetry Magazines - Classical Poems by Arab Women". www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
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