Abandonment and connection in the poetry of Sari’ al-Ghawani (140 - 208 AH)

Section: بحث
Issue
Vol. 56 No. 104 (2026): No.104
Pages
1-19

Abstract

The two opposites, abandonment and union, had a prominent presence in the poetry of the victim of the seductress. In his relationship with his beloved, he sought union, and complained about the abandonment of his beloved, his friends, and his youth, using gentle meanings and selected, charming words. Therefore, this research deals with the study of abandonment and union in the poet’s erotic poems or in the erotic openings that preceded his eulogizing poems, and explaining its effect on him, and mentioning his suffering in it, as women were associated with separation and departure, so he expressed the abandonment of the beloved using synonyms for this word and what is equivalent to it, and the opposite side of it, which is connection and meeting with the beloved and exchanging love with him, so he hesitated between them so that his feelings oscillated between joy, sadness, regret, waiting, and so on.


I divided this study into three sections: the first: abandonment and its synonyms and parallels, and the second: connection and its parallels. As for the third section: I mentioned the two opposites together, abandonment and connection, as mentioned in his poetry, relying on the analytical method in analyzing poetic texts, with a conclusion based on what the study reached.

Keywords:

Abandonment, Connection, Sari’ al-Ghawani, Poet, Muslim bin al-Walid

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Author

Hafssat Najim Mawlood

Computer Institute / Ministry of Education / Erbil / Iraq

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DOI: 10.33899/radab.v56i104.61673

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