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Abou T̩ayeb Ah̩mad ibn al-H̩usayn al-Mutanabbī est un poète arabe appartenant à la tribu Kinda, né en 915 à Kufa, et mort assassiné en 965 près de Dayr al-Akul . Ses poèmes tournent autour des louanges des rois, des descriptions de batailles, de la satire, de la sagesse et de sa philosophie de la vie que beaucoup d'hommes partagent avec lui.

Il est considéré comme le plus grand poète arabe de tous les temps, et celui qui a pu au mieux maîtriser la langue arabe et ses rouages. Il lègue un grand patrimoine de poésie avec 326 poèmes, qui raconte sa vie tumultueuse auprès des rois, et qui donne une vision sur la vie arabe du Xe siècle.

Il est connu pour sa grande intelligence, il disait ses poèmes sur le vif, sans préparation. Il a déclamé ses premiers poèmes très jeune avant ses 10 ans. D'un caractère altier et aventureux, l'un de ses poèmes causera sa perte en précipitant son assassinat.

Le nom "al-Mutanabbi" voulant dire : "celui qui se dit prophète", lui fut adjoint durant sa jeunesse quand il écrivit des textes qu'il disait d'inspiration divine. Il avait réussi à convaincre quelques-uns, avec l'aide desquels il déclencha une rébellion vite avortée. Il avait à peine 17 ans. Wikipedia  

✵ 915 – 23. septembre 965
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Al-Mutanabbi: Citations en anglais

“The desert knows me well, the night, the mounted men
The battle and the sword, the paper and the pen”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O04oUcNXmdI
Contexte: When the lion bares his teeth, do not
fancy that the lion shows to you a smile.
I have slain the man that sought my heart's blood many a time,
Riding a noble mare whose back none else may climb,
Whose hind and fore-legs seem in galloping as one,
Nor hand nor foot requireth she to urge her on.
And O the days when I have swung my fine-edged glaive
Amidst a sea of death where wave was dashed on wave!
The desert knows me well, the night, the mounted men
The battle and the sword, the paper and the pen

“Wounded and fleeing, heroes passed you by, while your face remained bright and your lips, smiling.
You surpassed the bounds of courage and understanding, until people claimed that you knew the unseen.
To you belongs the praise for these pearls I pronounce; you are the giver, I the arranger.
Oh, Sword never sheathed, whom none can doubt and from whom there is no refuge.
Blessed are warfare, glory and eminence; blessed are your subjects and all of Islam, for you are safe!”

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From the poem "To Sayf Al-Dawla"
Here 'Sword never sheathed' refers to 'Sayf Al-Dawla', whose name is a laqab meaning 'Sword of the Dynasty'. http://samarmedia.tv/en/video/295/al-mutanabi-arabic-poem-with-english/

“A young soul in my ageing body […]
Hard biter in a toothless mouth is she.”

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A Young Soul

“Those with intellect suffer in bliss with their intellect, and the ignorant live blissfully in misery.”

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Source: From the poem Li-Hawā An-Nufūsi http://www.almotanabbi.com/poemPage.do?poemId=248, Line 8

“Defiantly live, or in honour die, Midst slashing blades and banners flying high.”

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Source: A Young Soul

“He asks from men all that he has in himself, though even lions would not claim to match that.”

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From the poem "To Sayf Al-Dawla" http://web.archive.org/web/20140708175325/http://www.princeton.edu/~arabic/poetry/al_mu_to_sayf.html

“A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.”

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A Young Soul

“Beautiful women, as experienced men know,
Are but darkness wrapped in dazzling light aglow.
A life of friv'lous youth and worried age,
Its futile course to futile death will flow.”

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A Young Soul

“If all women were like as the one we have lost,
Then women would be preferred to men.
For the feminine gender is no shame for the sun,
Nor is the masculine gender an honor for the crescent moon”

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“One does not attain everything he wishes for.
Winds blow counter to what the ships desire.”

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From the poem Bima At-Taʿallulu http://www.almotanabbi.com/poemPage.do?poemId=272