Ghazals of Al-Abbas bin Al-Ahnaf, 194 AH, between poetry and narrative (selections from his poetry)

Abstract

Ghazal is one of the most famous poetic purposes that has been widespread among Arab poetry throughout the ages, as most poets wrote for this purpose and excelled at it, and Al-Abbas bin Al-Ahnaf is one of those poets who chose to make ghazal their unique and traditional purpose in the poetry he wrote, as ghazal was necessary in his poetry. He did not write about other topics, but his flirtation was chaste and pure, whether it was about his beloved (Fawz) or other women whose names appeared in his poetry. The poeticism of Al-Abbas bin Al-Ahnaf is evident through the flirtatious paintings he depicted in his poetry that reveal the creativity and sophistication in drawing the image of the beloved and the longing and trouble he experienced because of her rejection and abandonment. He described, complained, flirted, and suffered the agony of separation, employing the various rhetorical arts of alliteration, antithesis, and contrast, in addition to metaphorical and metonymic images. To express his emotions and feelings, in addition to the presence of aspects of narration in his poetry, represented by the element of dialogue that took place between him and his beloved, and between his eyes and his heart in some of his poems, with the presence of narration techniques in his poetry, such as time and place, so he combined poetic narration with the dialogical structure, which added to his poetry the depth of experience and clarity. The vision is given artistic dimensions that derive its luster from his poetic images, in addition to the narrative aspects that embroidered his poetry, using them to arouse feelings and stir emotions, especially since he wrote with ghazal and its influence on the rest of the known objects of poetry. Many ancient critics praised him and his poetry, such as Al-Jahiz, Abu Al-Abbas bin Al-Mubarrad, and Ibrahim. Ibn Al-Abbas, and if this indicates anything, it indicates the status of Al-Abbas Ibn Al-Ahnaf among the Abbasid poets and the wide fame that his poetry enjoyed in the field of chaste virginal flirtation.