Portal:Islamic poetry

Class

This category lists poetry related to Islam, or written by Muslim authors.

The name of Allah in arabic script.

Collections

Poems of the Orient, 1855 by Bayard Taylor [1]
The Poetry of the Orient, 1874[2]

The Hanged Poems

This is a collection of seven poems, predating Muhammad's birth, which were displayed in the Kaaba.

The Poem of Amru, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881
The Poem of Imru-ul-Quais, as translated by F. E. Johnson in 1917

The Poem of Antara, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881
The Poem of Antar, as translated by F. E. Johnson in 1917

The Poem of Zohair, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881
The Poem of Zuhair, as translated by F. E. Johnson in 1917

The Poem of Tarafa, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881

The Poem of Labid, as translated by C. J. Lyall
The Poem of Lebeid, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881

The Poem of Amriolkais, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881
The Poem of 'Amr ibn Kulthum

The Poem of Hareth, as translated by W. A. Clouston in 1881
The Poem of Harith ibn Hilliza

Poems sometimes named as having been in the collection

The Poem of Al-Nabigha
The Poem of al-A'sha
The Poem of 'Abid ibn al-Abras

Verse

Mountain Poem, by Ibn Khafaja
To the Caliph Harun-al-Rashid
We Have Mingled Our Blood With Streaming Tears, 12th century lamentation of Muslim armies by Almodhafer al-Abiwerdy

also translated as On the Capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade,

The Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1789 by future British Prime Minister George Canning
A Believer's Shroud, 1874 poem about the death of a Muslim by William Rounseville Alger
Joseph and Zuleika, 1917 poem of a Quranic story by Abdorrahman Jami
Anwari poem, by Anwari
The Caliph and Satan
The Wisdom of Ali
The Birth of the Prophet
The Arab Warrior

Analytical works

The Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets, 1870 by Wilhelm Ahlwardt
Studies in Islamic poetry, 1921 by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson [3]

See also