Monday, June 27, 2011

Echoes of Ancient Arabian Poetry


A recurrent theme of the Amatory Preludes of the old qasîdas,  is the separation of the young lovers, not by some Montague-Capulet quarrel, but simply by the tribe of the beloved going off to seek a different summer pasture.

The theme is reborn, across the ages and across the ocean, in “Sealed with a Kiss” (a song which yet does bring a pang):


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