Tarafa

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd ibn Sufyān (Arabic: طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان; c. 543 – c. 569), commonly known as Tarafa, was a 6th-century pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr ibn Wa'il. He is celebrated as one of the seven poets of the Mu'allaqat, the renowned corpus of pre-Islamic odes. Known for his rebellious nature, biting satire, and his early death following a conflict with the Lakhmid king Amr ibn Hind, he was traditionally referred to in Arabic literary tradition as al-Ghulām al-Qatīl ("the murdered youth").

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd ibn Sufyān (Arabic: طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان; c. 543 – c. 569), commonly known as Tarafa, was a 6th-century pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the tribe of Bakr ibn Wa'il. He is celebrated as one of the seven poets of the Mu'allaqat, the renowned corpus of pre-Islamic odes. Known for his rebellious nature, biting satire, and his early death following a conflict with the Lakhmid king Amr ibn Hind, he was traditionally referred to in Arabic literary tradition as al-Ghulām al-Qatīl ("the murdered youth"). ==Life== Ṭarafah was the half-brother or nephew of the elegist Al-Khirniq bint Badr. He traveled with his uncle Al-Mutalammis to the court of the king of Al-Hirah, ʿAmr ibn Hind, and there became companion to the king's brother. According to one legend, having ridiculed the king in some verses he was sent with a letter to the ruler of Bahrayn, and, in accordance with the instructions contained in the letter, was buried alive. ==Modern Translations== The Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets, Ennabiga, 'Antara, Tharafa, Zuhair, 'Alqama and Imruulqais, Trübner & co., London, 1870 (in English); anthology of diwan (collected poems) edited by Wilhelm Ahlwardt. While some of his poems have been translated into Latin with notes by B. Vandenhoff (Berlin, 1895), both Tharafa and the poet Imru al-Qais were not included by Theodor Nöldeke in his Fünf Moallaqat, übersetzt und erklärt (Vienna, 1899-1901). The seven golden odes of pagan Arabia : known also as the Moallakat; An English translation by Anne Blunt, Lady; Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (London, Chiswick Press, 1903). ==References and external links== University at Albany: The Mu'Allaqa of Ibn Tarafa Mohammadi Malayeri, M.: Tarikh va Farhang-e Iran Vol. I, Yazdan Publishers, Tehran 1372 Hsh. pp. 242، 267، 291، 292، 374. ==Notes== ==External links==

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