When I arrived

Moses Dar‘ī

Late 12th Century

Illustration of two men in robes and turbans sitting behind railing, under a decorated covering, drinking from goblets and talking.
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In this tongue-in-cheek Hebrew wine poem, the poet lightheartedly chides his host, with a biblical verse, for having served him wine without any food to accompany it. The headnote, as usual, is in Arabic.

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Early Medieval Poetry

7th to 12th Century

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