Blind like Homer - the influential and beautiful poetry, mingling the religious and the erotic, of the mediaeval Syrian poet and philosopher Abu'l-Ala (he lost

DIWAN OF ABU'L- 'ALA AL-MA'ARRI Translation & Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Life and Works of al Ma'arri, The Ruba'i & Qit'a, Ghazal & Qasida: Form, Use