Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-857557d7f7-fn92c Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-11-26T13:51:14.466Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

On Homeleaving

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2025

Mansour Ajami
Get access

Summary

Long abiding at one's home(land)

wears out one's youth*

So emigrate, rejuvenate!

Verily, people love the sun more

simply because it is not

always there

Abū Tammām (d. 231/845)

* Lit. “cheeks”

Love of homeland

is a glaring weakness

So emigrate, and you shall find

a substitute for family

Verily, water is brackish

because it stays still

And the moon becomes full

only because it traverses

the sky

Zayn al-Dīn ʿUmar Ibn al-Wardī (d. 749/1348)

(From his famous Lāmiyyah)

Information

Type
Chapter
Information
Pouring Water on Time
A Bilingual Topical Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry
 , pp. 119 - 120
Publisher: Gerlach Press
Print publication year: 2016

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • On Homeleaving
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.023
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • On Homeleaving
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.023
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • On Homeleaving
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.023
Available formats
×