Muhya bint Al-Tayyani

Muhya Bint Al-Tayyani (Arabic: مهجةبنت التيابي القرطبية‎, born in Córdoba, died in Córdoba 1097 CE) was an eleventh-century Andalusian poet.

Hardly any information is available about her life. She was the daughter of a merchant who was engaged in the sale of figs. She met Princess Wallada, who took her to her house and educated her. She became a poet, a profession that had a great recognition in Andalusian society.[1]

Poems

For some reason, Muhya, dedicated to her teacher ferocious satires:

Wallada has calved and has no husband; the secret has been revealed, she looks like Mary but she shakes a palm tree, but an erect penis.

Away from the watery lips to all who wish Like the border, she defends beset few. To defend the border with sabers and lances. And those protects the magic of her eyes.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Viguera, MJ (1989). La mujer en Al-Andalus. Sevilla: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.
  2. ↑ Garulo, T (1998). Diwan de las poetisas de Al-Andalus. Madrid: Hiperión.
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