Arabian Satire
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Arabian Satire

Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

Marcel Kurpershoek, Hmedan al-Shwe'ir

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Arabian Satire

Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

Marcel Kurpershoek, Hmedan al-Shwe'ir

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This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early 18th century.

A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse ( hija ), Hmedan was acerbic in his criticisms of society and its morals, voiced in in a poetic idiom that is widely referred to as “Nabati,” here a mix of Najdi vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating back to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Hmedan is mostly concerned with worldly matters, and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its moral failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no avail and with no guarantee of success; and as a poet recording in verse how he thinks things ought to be.

The poems in Arabian Satire reveal a plucky, headstrong, yet intensely socially committed figure—representative of the traditional Najdi ethos—who infuses his verse with proverbs, maxims, and words of wisdom expressed plainly and conversationally. Hmedan is accordingly quoted by historians of the Gulf region and in anthologies of popular sayings. This is the first full translation of this remarkable poet.

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Publisher
NYU Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781479818730
ุฏูŠูˆุงู† ุญู…ูŠุฏุงู† ุงู„ุดูˆูŠุนุฑ
Arabian Satire

Poem 1

ูกุŒูก
ู„ุงุญ ุงู„ู…ูุดูŠุจ ูˆุจุงู† ููŠ ุนูŽุฑู’ุถุงุฆูŠ
ูˆู†ุนูŽูŠุช ู…ู† ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ู…ูุดูŠุจ ุตู’ุจุงุฆูŠ
ูˆู†ุนูŽูŠุช ุฎูู„ู ูƒุงู† ููŠ ู…ุงุถู ู…ูุถู‰
ู„ุงุญุชู’ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ู†ูŽูˆุงุฒุญ ุงู„ุจูŽุนู’ุฏุงุกู
ูˆ ู…ูŽุฑู’ุฉู ุฌูŽู‡ุงู„ุชู‡ุง ุนู„ูŠู‘ ูƒุจูŠุฑู‡
ุชูŽุญู’ุณูุจู†ูŠ ุฃุฎู’ุฑูุฌ ู…ู† ู†ูู‚ุง ุงู„ุฏูŽู‡ู’ู†ุงุกู
ุชู‚ูˆู„ ุญูุทู‘ ูˆู‚ูุทู‘ ูˆุงู„ุง ููุงุฑูู‚
ู…ุงู„ูŠ ุจุดูŽูˆู ุงู„ุดูŽูŠุจุฉ ุงู„ุดูŽู…ู’ุทุงุกู
ูฅุŒูก
ู‚ูู„ุช ุงูŠู‘ู‡ุง ุงู„ุดูŽูˆู‚ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู…ู† ู‚ูŽุจูู„ ุฐุง
ู…ุง ู‡ูˆุจ ุดูŽุฑู’ู‡ู ูŠูˆู… ุนูŽุตู’ุฑ ุตู’ุจุงุฆูŠ
ูˆุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุฎุงู„ูู’ุช ุงู„ุทุจูˆุน ูˆูƒู’ุซูŽุฑู†ูŠ
ู…ูู†ู’ูƒ ุงู„ูƒู„ุงู… ูˆุฒุงุฏุช ุงู„ุจูŽุบู’ุถุงุกู
ู‡ูˆ ุฐุง ูุทู…ู’ุนู ุจูŠ ูู‡ุงูƒ ุฏุฑุงู‡ู…
ูˆุงู† ูƒุงู† ุจุบู’ุถู ู…ุง ู„ูู‚ูŽูŠุช ุฏู’ูˆุงุฆูŠ
ุงู„ุจูุบู’ุถ ู†ูู’ุณู ู…ุง ุชูุทูŠุจ ุฌู’ุฑูˆุญู‡
ูˆุญู’ุดู ุฌูููˆู„ู ูุงุชู† ุงู„ููŽุฑู’ู‚ุงุกู
ุฐูŠ ุนุงุฏุฉู ุญูุจู‘ ุงู„ู…ุญูุจู‘ ูˆุนุงุฏู‡
ู…ุง ู‚ุทู‘ ุฑุงููŽู‚ ุตุงุญุจ ุงู„ุจูŽุบู’ุถุงุกู
ูกู ุŒูก
ูˆุงู† ูƒุงู† ุชูŽุจู’ุบูŠ ููŠู‘ ู‡ูู…ู‘ุงุช ุงู„ุตูุจุง
ุชูŽุฑุงูŠ ุนู†ู‡ุง ู‚ูุฏ ุทููˆูŽูŠุช ุฑู’ุดุงุฆูŠ
ูˆุงู† ูƒุงู† ู‡ูˆ ุจูุบู’ุถู ูˆุตูŽูŠุฏูƒ ุทุงู…ุญ
ููุฎู’ุฐูŠ ุซู„ุงุซู ูˆุงุถู’ุฑูุจูŠ ุงู„ุจูŽูŠุฏุงุกู
ู‚ูŽู„ู‘ุชู’ ุฏูŽู†ุงู†ูŠุฑูŠ ูˆุนูุฏู’ุช ุจู‡ูŽู…ู‘ู‡
ุฌูŽุฐู‘ุชู’ ุญุจุงู„ูŠ ุนู† ุฌู…ุงู… ุงู„ู…ุงุกู
ุงู„ุนุงู… ุงู†ุง ู„ูŠ ูƒูุฏู‘ูุฉู ู…ุงุดูˆู…ู‡
ู‡ูŽุจู‘ุช ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ุฌุงู†ุญ ุงู„ูŠูŽู…ู’ู†ุงุกู
ุงุณู’ู„ูŽูู’ุช ููŠู‡ุง ูŠูˆู… ุซู…ู‘ู ุฌูŽุฐู‘ุช
ุนู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุนู’ุตูŽูŠุฑุงู„ู‰ ุงู†ู‘ู‡ุง ุจูŽูŠุถุงุกู
ูกูฅุŒูก
ูˆุงุฏู’ู„ุฌู’ุช ุฑุงุณูŠ ู…ุฑู‘ุชูŽูŠู† ุชููˆูุฌู‘ูุฏ
ูˆูุตู’ููŽู‚ุช ุจุงู„ูˆูุณู’ุทุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทูŽุฑู’ูุงุกู
ูˆุงุฑู’ูƒูŽุจู’ุช ู…ู† ุบุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ู†ูุดูŠุฏ ุจูƒุงุนูŽุจ
ุบูŽุฑู‘ุง ุชุดุงุฏู‰ ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ ุงู„ุฎูŽุถู’ุฑุงุกู
ุญูŽูŠุฑุงู†ุฉ ุงู„ุฏูู…ู’ู„ูˆุฌ ุถุงู…ูุฑู’ุฉ ุงู„ุญูŽุดุง
ู…ุง ู…ูŽุณู‘ู‡ุง ุฎูุจู’ุซู ูˆู„ุง ุณูŽู‚ู’ูˆุงุกู
ู…ูŽุตู’ุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุงู„ูˆุงู† ู†ุงุนู…ู’ุฉ ุงู„ุตูุจุง
ู‚ุงู…ุช ุจุฑูุฏู’ูู ูƒูู†ู‘ูŽู‡ุง ุนูŽุฌู’ุฒุงุกู
ู‡ุฑูƒูˆู„ุฉู ูŠุงู…ุง ุงุชู’ู„ูููŽุชู’ ู…ู† ุฌุงู‡ู„
ุญูŽู‚ู‘ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฏูŠุฑุงู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุงู†ูˆุงุกู
ูขู ุŒูก
ุณู’ูƒูŽู†ูŽุชู’ ู‚ุตูˆุฑ ุงู„ูˆูŽุดู’ู… ุดุฑู‚ูŠ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุง
ู…ุง ู„ุงูˆุฐุช ู…ู† ุจุงุฑุญ ุงู„ุฌูŽูˆุฒุงุกู
ูˆุงู†ู’ุฐูŽุฑู’ุชู‡ุง ุนู† ุดูŽูŠุฎ ู‚ูˆู…ู ู†ุงู‚ุต
ุชูุฑู’ุซุฉ ุญุถูˆุฑู ุดูŽุฐู‘ ู…ู† ุญูŽูˆู‘ุงุกู
ู…ุง ุดุงุฎ ุฌูŽุฏู‘ู‡ ู‚ูŽุจูู„ ุงุจูˆู‡ ูˆู„ุง ู„ู’ู‡ู…
ุญูŽู‚ู ูˆู„ุง ุนูุฏู‘ูŽูˆุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ูุฏู’ู…ุงุกู
ุงูŽู…ู’ุณูŽู‰ ูŠูุณูŠุฏ ุจู’ุฏุงุฑ ุญูŽูŠู‘ู ู‚ูุฏ ุบูŽุฏูˆุง
ูŠูุดู’ุจูู‡ ู„ุซูŽูˆุฑู ุฎุงุฑ ููŠ ู‚ูŽุตู’ุจุงุกู
ูŠูŽู…ู‘ู…ู’ุชู‡ุง ุงุจู† ู†ู’ุญูŽูŠุท ูƒุณู‘ุงุจ ุงู„ุซูŽู†ุง
ูˆูŽุฑู’ุซ ุงู„ุดูŠูˆุฎ ู…ู† ุงูˆู‘ู„ ุงู„ุฏูู†ู’ูŠุงุกู
ูขูฅุŒูก
ูˆูู„ู’ุฏ ุงู„ุญุฏูŽูŠุซูŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู…ู† ู„ุงุจู‡
ุชูุฑู’ุซุฉ ุชู…ูŠู… ูˆูุฑุนู‡ุง ุงู„ุนูŽู„...

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