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Arabic love poetry from the desert

Contains sixty-two Arabic love poems drawn from seventh-century poet Qays b. al-Mulawwah. Each poem includes the Arabic script and an English translation on the facing page. The poems reflect the love Qays had for his cousin, Leyla al-Amiriya, and are representative of platonic or virginal love poems during the Ummayad era (661?750).
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