Arabian Poetry for English Readers/The Moallakát

by W. A. Clouston

THE

MOALLAKÁT,

OR

Seven Arabian Poems,

WHICH WERE SUSPENDED ON

THE TEMPLE AT MECCA.

 

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TRANSLATED, WITH ARGUMENTS,

BY

SIR WILLIAM JONES.

The Poems entitled Almoällakât exhibit an exact picture of their virtues and their vices, their wisdom and their folly; and show what may be constantly expected from men of open hearts and boiling passions, with no law to control, and little religion to restrain them.—Sir W. Jones: Discourse on The Arabs.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• The Poem of Amriolkais
• The Poem of Tarafa
• The Poem of Zohair
• The Poem of Lebeid
• The Poem of Antara
• The Poem of Amru
• The Poem of Hareth