#wallada

[poeta-olvidado]

ONCE ROMANCES DESDE AL-ANDALUS - SAUROM

Bécquer, Lorca, Alberti, te recitan con pudor versos desde el cielo que camuflan tu prisión. -Reina de la Oscuridad

Me aprisionará el honor en la torre de mi orgullo, y aplastado en sus escombros moriré. -El laberinto de los secretos

Desvela aquel arte y crea. -Lejos del mar de rosas

Ambas manos en el remo, clamo por volverte a ver. -En el Abismo

En el corazón de tus pupilas veo lo que cualquier mortal soñó tener. - Romance de la luna, luna

Los confines del silencio atesoran mis secretos. -Wayada la omeya

Nuestro amor no es cosa de dos. -Zulema

Hoy me hago fuerte ante mi secreto. -El castillo de Versos nostálgico

Sicatriz que aún sangra... Anormal manifiesto. -Nada es eterno

[...] En la media noche se podían oir los gemidos profundos del alma de Beatriz que lloraba dislocada de dolor en la tumba de Alonso esperando su perdón. -El monte de las ánimas

Jamás olvides a quien le debes quien eres. -Más allá de la tierra prometida

[witchmd13]

If I were to conceal you within the pupils of my eyes; hide you until the end of time, still my fear for you would never allay

Ummayad Andalusian Princess Wallada bint Al-Mustakfi wrote this poem for Ibn Zaydun, another poet who used to attend her literary halls in her palace and who was her lover for some time. Political ploys and circumstances never allowed them to marry, but they wrote each other poetry even after he was exiled. I tried to translate the verses into English for the best of my ability because it’s a lovely poem and it reminded me of Merlin and Arthur. 

[finita--la--commedia]

If I committed a sin unintentionally, you have punished me unjustly with punishment more severe than that imposed on a deliberate sinner.

Wallada (1011 - 1091) in: “Abundance from the Desert. Classical Arabic Poetry” by Raymond Farrin

[zinndandelion]

Wallada by ZinnDandelion on DeviantArt

Wallada by ZinnDandelion

[alienoriana]

Series “Al-Andalus”, by the Andalusian artist José Luis Muñoz.  

They represent women, and also men, that enriched the cultural life of Al-Andalus, in medieval Spain.

The collection is permanently exhibited in the "House of Sefarad - House of Memory" (Córdoba), a center dedicated to the recovery of Sephardic tradition and culture and of the Al-Andalus era in general.

Hafsa Al-Rukiniya. A Granadan aristocrat of the 12th century, perhaps one of the most celebrated Andalusian female poets of medieval Arabic literature.

Lubna. An Andalusian intellectual of the second half of the 10th century famous for her knowledge of grammar and the quality of her poetry.

Fátima Bint Al-Mutanna. An Andalusian philosopher, jurist and mystic from the 12th century. 

Wallada. An Andalusian poet from the 11th century.

Wife of Dunas Ben Labrat. Though her name is unknown, she is one of only two or three known medieval female Jewish poets. She lived in the 10th century.

[rawya997-blog]

الله معك ياهوانا يامفارقنا🎼

[finita--la--commedia]

Wait for darkness, and then visit me, for I believe that night keeps the secret best. What I feel for you is such that, were they to feel this way, the moon would not glow, the night would not spread, and the stars would not travel.

Wallada (1011 - 1091), an Umayyad princess in: “Abundance from the Desert. Classical Arabic Poetry” by Raymond Farrin When Wallada was about twenty-seven, she took an interest in the suave and eloquent ambassador-at-large attending her literary salon. She had the message above placed in his hands  

[witchmd13]

Wallada was an Andalusian Umayyan princess who, after her father’s death (the Caleiph/king) who died without an heir when she was a teenager, inherited his entire fortune and used it to open a palace and literary hall in Córdoba where she taught art and poetry to women of all classes. Her literary councils were so famous, most of the great poets and intellectuals of the time visited them regularly. 

Awesome things she also did:

She didn’t want to wear the hijab, so she didn’t which was a controversial move from a woman of her class (her father was the Caliph). Instead, she wore transparent tunics and embroidered her verses on the trim of her clothing.

“A custom of the time was for poets to compete in finishing incomplete poems. Wallada gained recognition for her skill, particularly as a woman in what was almost entirely a male competition.”

Fell in love with another poet, Ibn Zaydún, whose family’s connections were with rivals of her own clan, so they had to keep it a secret. They exchanged poetry verses until he was banished out of the city later due to unrelated political conflicts.

She died unmarried after a full life of controversy and bringing hell down on anyone who dared talk about her, especially famous religious figures of the time.