The Fall of Seville – A Poem
From the Blog khudi The Andalusian city of Seville fell to Christian Castile in 1248, after over 500 years of being a Muslim city. Abu al-Baqa’ al-Rundi was a contemporary Andalusian poet from the city of Ronda, in southern Iberia, who wrote a lament about the fall of the once great city in 1267. He alluded to ancient Arabian and Persian history in his poem, hoping to inspire Muslims to rise up and recapture the city. The English translation by James T. Monroe is below, followed by the original Arabic. [image: Seville] English Translation: *Everything declines after reaching perfection, therefore let no man be beguiled by the sweetness of a pleasant life. * *As you have observed, these are the decrees that are inconstant: he whom a single moment has made happy, has been harmed by many other momepakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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