Standing at the ruins

Literary essay · C2 · 1 page

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Why the classical Arabic ode begins at the abandoned campsite, from Imruʾ al-Qays to the mockery of Abū Nuwās.

الْوُقُوفُ عَلَى الْأَطْلَالِ

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