Poetry and Prose: Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian - Reflections on Lost Youth and an Usurped Homeland скачать в хорошем качестве

Poetry and Prose: Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian - Reflections on Lost Youth and an Usurped Homeland

On 15 September 2021, SQCC was delighted to host Dr. William Granara for SQCC’s third lecture in the Poetry & Prose Series of 2021. Dr. Granara presented present one of 'Abd al-Jabbar Ibn Hamdis' poems from his voluminous poetry collection (Diwan). The poem (qasid: ode), is untitled but catalogued as #110, and comprises thirty-seven lines. It is regarded as perhaps the best known of his Siqilliyat, that is, poems primarily dedicated to his beloved homeland of Sicily. The poem is divided into three parts: a brief gnomic introduction bemoaning the twists of fate and loss of youth, a recollection or fantasy of a care-free youth of pleasures in a paradisiacal Sicily, and finally the loss of both his youth and his homeland. You can check out Dr. Granara's Book from our Library by contacting us at library@sqcc.org