[Arabic Poem] Al-Mutanabbi "khair jails fi al zaman kitab"

salama · Post by **salama** » February 25th, 2012, 6:12 pm

An Arabic poem by the most famous Arab poet Al-Mutanabbi (died 965)
Poem's Title:
خير جليس في الزمان كتاب
Transliteration ( khair jails fi al zaman kitab )
"The Book Is The Best Companion"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mutanabbi

Abu at-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi (Arabic: أبو الطيب أحمد بن الحسين المتنبّي Abū aṭ-Ṭayyib ʾAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī‎) ‎ (915 – 23 September 965) was an Arab (Iraqi-born) poet. He is considered as one of the greatest poets in the Arabic language. Much of his poetry revolves around praising the kings he visited during his lifetime. Some consider his 326 poems to be a great representation of his life story.

Text of the original Arabic poem:

http://www.adab.com/modules.php?name=Sh3er&file=print&qasno=5465
OR
http://www.toarab.ws/modules.php?name=poet&file=showpoem&pmid=1093&ta=1

salama · Post by **salama** » February 25th, 2012, 11:35 pm

Well, I went and recorded the thing anyway. Where do I upload the file?!
It is a ~7minutes poem, with Librivox note in Arabic:
(هذا التسجيل لـ ليبريفوكس. جميع تسجيلات ليبريفوكس في النطاق العام. لمزيد من المعلومات زوروا الموقع ليبريفوكس دوت أورج)

Carolin · Post by **Carolin** » February 26th, 2012, 3:07 am

this poem would probably best go here: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=37665
please read the first post of the project carefully and follow the instructions

CK