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Classical Poetry

Classical Arabic poetry, including the pre-Islamic ode tradition and the Mu'allaqat.

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The Mu'allaqatThe Seven Suspended Odes — the supreme masterworks of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, composed in the sixth century and said to have been hung on the walls of the Ka'ba. Good Works Translation from Arabic.