#al-rundi

[dimlysinister]

Oh, heedless one, this is Fate’s warning to you: If you slumber, Fate always stays awake.

Abi Sharif Al-Rundi, “Lament for the Fall of Seville,” 1267 AD.

[thedancingwalrus-blog]

Ask Valencia what became of Murcia And where is Xativa, or where is Jaen? Where is Cordoba, the seat of great learning, And how many scholars of high repute remain there? And where is Seville, the home of happy gatherings On its great river, cooling and brimful with water?... ...Oh heedless one, this is Fate's waring to you: If you slumber, Fate always stays awake

‘Lament for the Fall of Seville’ Abi Sharif Al-Rundi 1267

[islam-med]

Where is Qurtuba, the home of the sciences, and many a scholar whose rank was once lofty in it? Where is Ishbilia and the pleasures it contains, as well as its sweet river overflowing and brimming full?

Lament for the Fall of Seville (1267), Abu al-Baqa’ al-Rundi

[justuju]

It is as if no cause had ever made the hard easy to bear, and as if Solomon had never ruled the world.