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Abu Nuwas was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of the Abbasid Caliphate. He also entered the folkloric tradition, appearing several times in One Thousand and One Nights.
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culture · 8th-century classical Arabic poet · poet · writer · also Abu Nuwas, Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī, Abū Nuwās, Abu Nuvos, Nuwas
Born 0756 · Died 1 January 0814 · Q5670
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I never saw a man of more extensive learning than Abu Nuwas, nor one who, with a memory so richly furnished, possessed so few books. After his death we searched his house, and could only find one book-cover containing a quire of paper, in which was a collection of rare expressions and grammatical observations.
There are no poems on wine equal to my own, and to my amatory compositions all others must yield.
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“I never saw a man of more extensive learning than Abu Nuwas, nor one who, with a memory so richly furnished, possessed so few books. After his death we searched his house, and could only find one book-cover containing a quire of paper, in which was a collection of rare expressions and grammatical observations.”
A crater on the planet Mercury was named in honor of Abu Nuwas
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“O Lord, even though I have committed many sinsI understand that Your forgiveness... is far greater!If only those who’re pure can hope for Your mercy:whom else can one be seeking help, for the sinner?Lord, I’m humbly asking You, like You told me to:who will pity me if of my hand, You’re not a taker?There is no other way I have to You, but the hopethat as a Muslim You will be You... the Forgiver!”
“Give me wine, and tell me: 'This is wine!’ Do not be furtive while it is possible to be open.”
“There are no poems on wine equal to my own, and to my amatory compositions all others must yield.”
Died 0814-01-01.
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Born 0756.
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O Lord, even though I have committed many sinsI understand that Your forgiveness... is far greater!If only those who’re pure can hope for Your mercy:whom else can one be seeking help, for the sinner?Lord, I’m humbly asking You, like You told me to:who will pity me if of my hand, You’re not a taker?There is no other way I have to You, but the hopethat as a Muslim You will be You... the Forgiver!
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